Natural Law Theory

Contemporary Essays
Erscheinungsjahr 1994
ISBN: 978-0-19-823552-1
Verlag: OUP Oxford

Buch, Englisch, 384 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 540 g

Reihe: Clarendon Paperbacks

This volume presents 12 original essays by contemporary natural law theorists and their critics. Natural law theory is enjoying a revival of interest today in a variety of disciplines, including law, philosophy, political science, and theology and religious studies.

This volume presents 12 original essays by contemporary natural law theorists and their critics. Natural law theory is enjoying a revival of interest today in a variety of disciplines, including law, philosophy, political science, and theology and religious studies. These essays offer readers a sense of the lively contemporary debate among natural law theorists of different schools, as well as between natual law theorists and their critics.

Robert P. George: Introduction; I: Natural Law, Practical Reasoning, and Morality:Joseph Boyle: Natural law and the ethics of traditions; Robert P. George: Natural Law and human nature; Russell Hittinger: Natural law and virtue: Theories at cross-purposes; Jeffrey Stout: Truth, natural law, and ethical theory; II: Natural Law and Legal Theory: Neil MacCormick: Natural law and the separation of law and morals; John Finnis: Natural law and legal reasoning; Jeremy Waldron: The irrelevance of moral objectivity; Michael Moore: Law as a functional kind; III: Natural Law, Justice, and Rights: Hadley Arkes: That 'Nature herself has placed in our ears a power of judging': Some reflections on the 'Naturalism' of Cicero; Lloyd Weinreb: Natural law and rights; IV: Legal Formalism and Legal Rationality: Joseph Raz: Formalism and the rule of law; Ernest Weinrib: Why legal formalism

Autoren/Hrsg.

George, Robert P.

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtstheorie, Rechtsmethodik, Rechtsdogmatik, Rechtsprechungslehre
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik, Moralphilosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Wissenschaftstheorie, Wissenschaftsphilosophie
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Zeit: Philosophische, Psychologische, Soziale Aspekte
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Wissenschaften: Theorie, Epistemologie, Methodik
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Angewandte Ethik & Soziale Verantwortung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Robert P. George: Introduction; I: Natural Law, Practical Reasoning, and Morality:Joseph Boyle: Natural law and the ethics of traditions; Robert P. George: Natural Law and human nature; Russell Hittinger: Natural law and virtue: Theories at cross-purposes; Jeffrey Stout: Truth, natural law, and ethical theory; II: Natural Law and Legal Theory: Neil MacCormick: Natural law and the separation of law and morals; John Finnis: Natural law and legal reasoning; Jeremy
Waldron: The irrelevance of moral objectivity; Michael Moore: Law as a functional kind; III: Natural Law, Justice, and Rights: Hadley Arkes: That 'Nature herself has placed in our ears a power of judging': Some reflections on the 'Naturalism' of Cicero; Lloyd Weinreb: Natural law and rights; IV: Legal
Formalism and Legal Rationality: Joseph Raz: Formalism and the rule of law; Ernest Weinrib: Why legal formalism

Über Autor(innen)

George, Robert P. (Professor of Politics, Princeton University, USA)