Natural Law & the Secular Mythos: What Has Been Left "Unsaid" in Current Debates in Natural Law

This book argues that natural law – when construed as an epistemological and trans—cultural lingua franca, adjudged capable of legitimating the rational intelligibility and universal applicability of specific Christian moral principles within contemporary “secular” discourse – has failed.

Through a detailed analysis of the contributions of three prominent natural law theorists who are located within a shared philosophical—theological tradition, namely, John Finnis, Jean Porter, and John Milb...