Reason, Morality, and Law: The Philosophy of John Finnis
John Finnis is a pioneer in the development of a new yet classically-grounded theory of natural law. His work offers a systematic philosophy of practical reasoning and moral choosing that addresses the great questions of the rational foundations of ethical judgments, the identification of moral norms, human agency, and the freedom of the will, personal identity, the common good, the role and functions of law, the meaning of justice, and the relationship of morality and politics to religion and the life of faith. The core of Finnis' theory, articulated in his seminal work Natural Law and Natural Rights, has profoundly influenced later work in the philosophy of law and moral and political philosophy, while his contributions to the ethical debates surrounding nuclear deterrence, abortion, euthanasia, sexual morality, and religious freedom have powerfully demonstrated the practical implications of his natural law theory. This volume, which gathers eminent moral, legal, and political philosophers, and theologians to engage with John Finnis' work, offers the first sustained, critical study of Finnis' contribution across the range of disciplines in which rational and morally upright choosing is a central concern. It includes a substantial response from Finnis himself, in which he comments on each of their 27 essays and defends and develops his ideas and arguments.
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Reason, Morality, and Law: The Philosophy of John Finnis
John Finnis is a pioneer in the development of a new yet classically-grounded theory of natural law. His work offers a systematic philosophy of practical reasoning and moral choosing that addresses the great questions of the rational foundations of ethical judgments, the identification of moral norms, human agency, and the freedom of the will, personal identity, the common good, the role and functions of law, the meaning of justice, and the relationship of morality and politics to religion and the life of faith. The core of Finnis' theory, articulated in his seminal work Natural Law and Natural Rights, has profoundly influenced later work in the philosophy of law and moral and political philosophy, while his contributions to the ethical debates surrounding nuclear deterrence, abortion, euthanasia, sexual morality, and religious freedom have powerfully demonstrated the practical implications of his natural law theory. This volume, which gathers eminent moral, legal, and political philosophers, and theologians to engage with John Finnis' work, offers the first sustained, critical study of Finnis' contribution across the range of disciplines in which rational and morally upright choosing is a central concern. It includes a substantial response from Finnis himself, in which he comments on each of their 27 essays and defends and develops his ideas and arguments.
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John Finnis is a pioneer in the development of a new yet classically-grounded theory of natural law. His work offers a systematic philosophy of practical reasoning and moral choosing that addresses the great questions of the rational foundations of ethical judgments, the identification of moral norms, human agency, and the freedom of the will, personal identity, the common good, the role and functions of law, the meaning of justice, and the relationship of morality and politics to religion and the life of faith. The core of Finnis' theory, articulated in his seminal work Natural Law and Natural Rights, has profoundly influenced later work in the philosophy of law and moral and political philosophy, while his contributions to the ethical debates surrounding nuclear deterrence, abortion, euthanasia, sexual morality, and religious freedom have powerfully demonstrated the practical implications of his natural law theory. This volume, which gathers eminent moral, legal, and political philosophers, and theologians to engage with John Finnis' work, offers the first sustained, critical study of Finnis' contribution across the range of disciplines in which rational and morally upright choosing is a central concern. It includes a substantial response from Finnis himself, in which he comments on each of their 27 essays and defends and develops his ideas and arguments.

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ISBN-13: 9780191665516
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Publication date: 03/21/2013
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
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About the Author

John Keown DCL holds the Rose Kennedy Chair in the Kennedy Institute of Ethics at Georgetown University. Having graduated in law from Cambridge he completed a doctorate at Oxford, under the supervision of John Finnis. Before his election to the Kennedy Chair he taught medical law in the Faculty of Law at Cambridge, where he was a Fellow of Queens' College and of Churchill College. Professor Keown has written widely in the field of the law and ethics of medicine. His research has been cited by the Law Lords and by the US Supreme Court. His latest book is The Law and Ethics of Medicine (OUP, 2012). Robert P. George is McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence at Princeton University. He holds a D.Phil from Oxford, where he studied under John Finnis and Joseph Raz. He is the author of numerous books, including Making Men Moral: Civil Liberties and Public Morality, and In Defence of Natural Law.

Table of Contents

  • Editors' Preface
  • Introduction: The Achievement of John Finnis
  • Reasons, Goods, and Principles
  • 1: Joseph Raz: Value: A Menu of Questions
  • 2: Roger Crisp: Finnis on Well-being
  • 3: John Haldane: Reasoning about the Human Good, and the Role of the Public Philosopher
  • 4: Joseph Boyle: On the Most Fundamental Principle of Morality
  • 5: Jeremy Waldron: What is Natural Law Like?
  • Intentions in Action
  • 6: Luke Gormally: Intention and Side-effects: John Finnis and Elizabeth Anscombe
  • 7: Anthony Kenny: Intention and Side-effects: The mens rea for Murder
  • 8: Kevin L. Flannery SJ: John Finnis on Thomas Aquinas on Human Action
  • 9: Cristóbel Orrego: On Moral Philosophy and Kinds of Human Actions
  • Justice, Rights, and Wrongdoing
  • 10: John Gardner: Finnis on Justice
  • 11: Matthew H. Kramer: Retributivism in the Spirit of Finnis
  • 12: Leslie Green: The Nature of Limited Government
  • 13: Christopher Tollefsen: Pure Perfectionism and the Limits of Paternalism
  • 14: Jacqueline Tasioulas and John Tasioulas: "Lawful mercy" in Measure for Measure
  • 15: Patrick Lee: The basis for being a subject of rights: the natural law position
  • 16: Gerard V. Bradley: Constitutional and Other Persons
  • 17: Anthony Fisher OP: Bioethics after Finnis
  • 18: John Keown: A New Father for the Law and Ethics of Medicine
  • Philosophy of Law
  • 19: N E Simmonds: Value, Practice and Idea
  • 20: Timothy Endicott: The Irony of Law
  • 21: Timothy Macklem: Ideas of Easy Virtue
  • 22: Julie Dickson: Law and its theory: a Question of Priorities
  • 23: Maris Köpcke Tinturé: Finnis on Legal and Moral Obligation
  • 24: Richard Ekins: Constitutional Principle in the Laws of the Commonwealth
  • 25: Neil M. Gorsuch: Intention and the Allocation of Risk
  • Philosophy, Religion, and Public Reasons
  • 26: Thomas Pink: The Right to Religious Liberty and the Coercion of Belief: A Note on Dignitatis Humanae
  • 27: Germain Grisez: Natural Law and the Transcendent Source of Human Fulfillment
  • Reflections and Responses
  • 28: John Finnis: Responses
  • Bibliography of the Published Works of John Finnis
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