Natural Law and Modern Moral Philosophy

by Edited by Ellen Frankel Paul , Fred D. Miller, Jr , Jeffrey Paul

• ISBN13: 9780521794602
• ISBN10: 0521794609
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-01-29
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

These essays address some of the most intriguing questions raised by natural law theory and its implications for law, morality, and public policy. some of the essays explore the implications that natural law theory has for jurisprudence, asking what natural law suggests about the use of legal devices such as constitutions and precedents. Other essays examine the connections between natural law and various political concepts, such as citizens' rights and the obligation of citizens to obey their government.

Table of Contents

Introduction	vii
Acknowledgments	xvi
Contributors	xvii
Thomistic Natural Law as Darwinian Natural Right	1	(33)
Larry Arnhart
Ethical Individualism, Natural Law, and the Primacy of Natural Rights	34	(36)
Douglas J. Den Uyl
Douglas B. Rasmussen
Natural Law, Consent, and Political Obligation	70	(23)
Mark C. Murphy
The Natural Basis of Political Obligation	93	(22)
George Klosko
Law as Justice	115	(31)
Michael S. Moore
The ``Laws of Reason'' and the Surprise of the Natural Law	146	(30)
Hadley Arkes
Natural Law as Professional Ethics: A Reading of Fuller	176	(30)
David Luban
Fairness in Holdings: A Natural Law Account of Property and Welfare Rights	206	(21)
Joseph Boyle
Natural Law, Natural Rights, and Classical Liberalism: On Montesquieu's Critique of Hobbes	227	(26)
Michael Zuckert
Index	253