Natural Law, Liberalism, and Morality: Contemporary Essays / Edition 1

by Robert P. George

Overview

This work brings together leading defenders of Natural Law and Liberalism for a series of frank and lively exchanges touching upon critical issues of contemporary moral and political theory. The book is an outstanding example of the engagement of traditions of thought about fundamental matters of ethics and justice.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780199243006
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	05/03/2001
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	324
Product dimensions:	9.20(w) x 6.16(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Princeton University

Table of Contents

1. Is Natural Law Theory Compatible with Limited Government?, John Finnis
2. Against the Old Sexual Morality of the New natural Law, Stephen Macedo
3. Is Modern Liberalism Compatible with Limited Government?: The Case of Rawls, Michael P. Zuckert
4. John Rawls's New Conception of the Problem of Limited Government: Reply to Michael Zuckert, Jeffrey Reiman
5. Judgemental Toleration, Michael J. Sandel
6. Liberty and Trust, Joseph Raz
7. Being Worthy of Trust: A Response to Joseph Raz, Christopher Wolfe
8. Getting Normative: The Role of Natural Rights in Constitutional Adjudication, Randy E. barnett
9. The Illegitimacy of Appeals to Natural Law in Constitutional Interpretation, Walter Berns
10. The Moral Point of View, lloyd L. Weinreb
11. Lloyd Weinreb's Problems with Natural Law, Daniel N. Robinson
12. Good Without God, Michael S. Moore
13. ‘Deus sive Natura': Must Natural Lawyers Choose?, J. L. A. Garcia
14. God's Natural Laws, Charles Taliaferro
Index