Natural Right and History

by Strauss, Leo

• ISBN13: 9780226776941
• ISBN10: 0226776948
• eBook ISBN(s): 9780226226453
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1965-10-15
• Publisher: Univ of Chicago Pr

Summary

In this classic work, Leo Strauss examines the problem of natural right and argues that there is a firm foundation in reality for the distinction between right and wrong in ethics and politics. On the centenary of Strauss's birth, and the fiftieth anniversary of the Walgreen Lectures which spawned the work, Natural Right and History remains as controversial and essential as ever. "Strauss . . . makes a significant contribution towards an understanding of the intellectual crisis in which we find ourselves . . . [and] brings to his task an admirable scholarship and a brilliant, incisive mind."--John H. Hallowell, American Political Science Review Leo Strauss (1899-1973) was the Robert Maynard Hutchins Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus in Political Science at the University of Chicago.

Author Biography

Elizabeth A. Kaye specializes in communications as part of her coaching and consulting practice. She has edited Requirements for Certification since the 2000-01 edition.

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(8)
Natural Right and the Historical Approach	9	(26)
Natural Right and the Distinction between Facts and Values	35	(46)
The Origin of the Idea of Natural Right	81	(39)
Classic Natural Right	120	(45)
Modern Natural Right	165	(87)
Hobbes	166	(36)
Locke	202	(50)
The Crisis of Modern Natural Right	252	(72)
Rousseau	252	(42)
Burke	294	(30)
Index	324