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Philip E. Devine
Book Code: GM0702
ISBN: 0-313-30702-4
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-30702-7
216 pages, appendix
Greenwood Press
Publication: 5/30/2000
List Price: $115.00 (UK Sterling Price: £65.00)
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
Subjects:
Series Title: Contributions in Philosophy
Series Number: 72
Reviews:
  • ...faculty scholars and graduate students will find it a stimulating and challenging approach to a familiar subject matter.
    —Choice Reviews
  • Natural Law Ethics is beautifully written and will prove popular to a wide range of readers because it avoids the excesses, such as being too cerebral, often associated with books and articles on the topic.
    —Teaching Business Ethics
Description: The natural law tradition, which takes as central to moral discussion an appeal to our common humanity, provides a sustainable and attractive approach to problems of ethics and morals. This volume presents a contemporary version of natural law ethics, one that does not rely for support on the authority of Aristotle or St. Thomas Aquinas, however much it is indebted to them and their followers for inspiration and arguments. The author discusses the mutual relations of four key moral concepts--the good, virtue, duty, and rights--as well as their application to various issues, including environmental concerns, homosexuality, and suicide. While examining the role of morality in a way of life and the relation between morality and religion, he defends the natural law tradition against a range of philosophical and theological opponents.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Introduction: The Need for Natural Law
  • Preliminaries
  • What Can Philosophy Do?
  • The Epistemological Issues (1)
  • The Epistemological Issues (2)
  • Human Nature
  • The Quest for the Self (1)
  • The Quest for the Self (2)
  • The Testimony of History and Cultural Anthropology
  • The Testimony of Biology and Physics
  • From Goods to Rights
  • Goods
  • Virtues
  • Duties
  • Rights
  • The Question of Absolutes
  • Religion, Politics, and Society
  • The Basis of Community
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Index
LC Card Number: 99-25006
LCC Class: BJ1012
Dewey Class: 171
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