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Common Truths explicates the historical, theoretical legislative, and juridical aspects of natural law doctrine. The essayists reveal the comprehensiveness and, consequently, the usefulness of natural law theory in deriving humane solutions to the problems confronting contemporary society.
Anyone wanting to understand the permanent norms of human action and their relationships to our moral and political lives will find this engaging book indispensable.
Common Truths : New Perspectives on Natural Law
by MCLEAN EDWARD B. (ED)Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2000-02-01
Publisher(s): Isi Books
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Author Biography
Edward B. McLean holds the Eugene N. and Martin C. Beesley Chair in Political Science at Wabash College.
Table of Contents
| Preface | p. vii |
| Are There Moral Truths That Everyone Knows? | p. 1 |
| Natural Law and History | |
| Natural Law: The Legacy of Greece and Rome | p. 19 |
| Aquinas, Natural Law, and the Challenges of Diversity | p. 57 |
| John Locke's Reflections on Natural Law and the Character of the Modern World | p. 73 |
| Theories of Natural Law in the Culture of Advanced Modernity | p. 91 |
| Topics in Natural Law Theory | |
| What Dignity Means | p. 119 |
| Natural Law and Positive Law | p. 151 |
| Natural Rights and the Limits of Constitutional Law | p. 169 |
| Natural Law and Sexual Ethics | p. 193 |
| The Praxis of Natural Law | |
| Contract Law and Natural Law | p. 219 |
| Tort Law and Natural Law | p. 237 |
| Criminal Law and Natural Law | p. 259 |
| Prospects for the Twenty-First Century | |
| Natural Law in the Twenty-First Century | p. 293 |
| Notes on Contributors | p. 319 |
| Index | p. 325 |
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