Contemporary Perspectives on Natural Law

Contemporary Perspectives on Natural Law

Natural Law as a Limiting Concept

Gonzalez, Ana Martha

Taylor & Francis Ltd

03/2008

334

Dura

Inglês

9780754660545

15 a 20 dias

Presenting a contribution to natural law, this work provides the reader with an overview of natural law, both from a historical and a systematic point of view. It ranges from the mediaeval synthesis of Aquinas through the early modern elaborations of natural law, up to discussions on the relevance of natural law theory for the contemporary mind.
Contents: Introduction; Part 1 The Concept of Natural Law: Natural law as a limiting concept. A reading of Thomas Aquinas, Ana Marta GonzA!lez. Part 2 Historical Studies: Natural law and the human city, Russell Hittinger; The formal fundament of natural law in the golden age: the case of VA!zquez and SuA!rez, Juan Cruz Cruz; Natural law without metaphysics: a Protestant tradition, Knud Haakonssen; Natural law and obligation in Hutcheson and Kant, Jeffrey Edwards; Spontaneity and the law of nature: Leibniz and pre-critcal Kant, MariA! JesA * s Soto-Bruna; Kant's conception of natural right, Alejandro G. Vigo; The right of freedom regarding nature in Hegel's Philosophy of Right, Monserrat Herrero. Part 3 Controversial Issues about Natural Law: Natural law and practical philosophy. The presence of a theological concept in moral knowledge, Alfredo Cruz Prados; 1st principles and practical philosophy, Alejandro Llano; The relativity of goodness: a prolegomenon to a rapprochement betweean virtue ethics and natural law theory, Christopher Martin; Does the naturalistic fallacy reach natural law?, Urbano Ferrer; Human universality and natural law, Carmelo Vigna. Part 4 Natural Law and Science: Difficulties for natural law based on modern conceptions of nature, Richard F. Hassing; Evolution, semiosis, and ethics: rethinking the context of natural law, John Deely; Teleology: inorganic and organic, David S. Oderberg; The unrelinquishability of teleology, Robert Spaemann; Indexes.
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