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1 online resource (322 pages) |
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Cover; Cover; THE NATURAL MORAL LAW???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Concept of the Natural Moral Law as a Legal Theory: Law and the Good; INTRODUCTION????????????????????????????????????????????????????; THE GOOD????????????????????????????????????????; ATTEMPTS TO AVOID CONNECTING LAW AND THE GOOD??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? |
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Law Is the Command of an Authoritative WillLaw Is the Power to Change Behavior; Positivism; Prediction; Noncognitivism, or Emotivism, or Anti-Intellectualism; KNOWING AND RESPONSIBILITY??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????; THE ARGUMENT????????????????????????????????????????????????????; DEWEY AND RAWLS: BASIC BELIEFS AND KNOWING THE GOOD????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? |
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CHAPTER LAYOUT??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????CONCLUSION??????????????????????????????????????????????; 1: The Postmodern Challenge: From Modernity to Postmodernity; AFTER MODERNITY?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????; LAW AND JUSTICE?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????; THE TWILIGHT OF IDOLATRY????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????; PATTERNS WITHIN MODERNITY??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? |
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NATURAL LAW AND ALTERNATIVES????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????SKEPTICISM ABOUT KNOWING THE GOOD AND THE NATURE OF THINGS??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????; REASON AND KNOWING WHAT IS REAL?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????; 2: Traditional Natural Law: Differences in Aristotle and Aquinas |
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Benefits and shortfalls of natural law??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????teleology in aristotle and aquinas??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????; aristotle???????????????????????????????????????????; aquinas?????????????????????????????????????; underlying differences in metaphysics??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? |
| Summary |
This book studies beliefs about the good and how it is known, and how such beliefs shape claims about the moral law |
| Notes |
Resulting influence on the formulation of law??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Natural law.
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Law and ethics.
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Ethics
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Law and ethics
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Natural law
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781139377003 |
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1139377000 |
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9781139030649 |
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1139030647 |
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9781107669758 |
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1107669758 |
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