In Defense of Natural Law
Published on 1. February 2001
Book
Paperback/Softback
354 pages
978-0-19-924299-3 (ISBN)
Description
In `Making Men Moral', Robert George questioned the central doctrines of liberal jurisprudence and political theory. In his new work he extends his critique of liberalism, and also goes beyond it to show how contemporary natural law theory provides a superior way of thinking about basic problems of justice and political morality. It is written with the same combination of stylistic elegance and analytical rigour that distinguished his critical work. Not content merely to defend natural law from its 'cultural despisers'; he deftly turns the tables and deploys the idea to mount a stunning attack on regnant liberal beliefs about such issues as abortion, sexuality, and the place of religion in public life. Students as well as scholars in law, political science, and philosophy will find George's arguments stimulating, challenging, and compelling.
Reviews / Votes
These essays reveal George to be an honourable, passionate, and intelligent defender of a moral and political theory which, both in its foundations and its understanding of law and policy, presents liberalism with an opponent it cannot ignore. * David Archard, MIND 07/01/2000 * An impressive, sustained argument for the proposition that there are objective moral truths ... iluminating ... one need not agree with all of his responses to find the book instructive. * J. Budziszewski, University of Texas, Austin Philosophia Christi *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
541 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-924299-3 (9780199242993)
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Robert George
In Defense of Natural Law
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02/1999
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Person
Robert George is McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence at Princeton University. He is an former Presidential Appointee to the United States Commission on Human Rights, and has served as a Judicial Fellow at the Supreme Court of the United States
Content
Introduction ; 1. A DEFENSE OF THE NEW NATURAL LAW THEORY ; 2. Recent Criticism of Natural Law Theory ; 3. Natural Law and Human Nature ; 4. Does the ' Incommensurabiltiy Thesis' Imperil Common Sense Moral Judgements ; 5. Natural Law and Positive Law ; 6. Free Choice, Practical Reason and Fitness for the Rule of Law ; 7. RELIGIOUS LIBERTY AND POLITICAL MORALITY ; 8. Marriage and the Liberal Imagination ; 9. What Sex Can Be: Alienation, Illusion, or One-Flesh Union ; 10. Making Children Moral: Pornography, Parents and the Public Interest ; 11. Public Reason and Political Conflict: Abortion and Homosexual Acts ; 12. Natural Law and International Order ; 13. MORAL PARTICULARISM, THOMISM, AND TRADITIONS ; 14. Human Flourishing as a Criterion of Morality: A Critique of Percy's Naturalism ; 15. Nature, Morality and Homosexuality ; 16. Can Sex be Reasonable? ; 17. Moralistic Liberalism and Legal Moralism ; 18. Law, Democracy, and Moral Disagreement ; Index