Natural Law, Laws of Nature, Natural Rights

Name: Natural Law, Laws of Nature, Natural Rights
Brand: Continnuum-3PL
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By Francis Oakley

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Choice Outstanding Academic Title 2006 The existence and grounding of human or natural rights is a heavily contested issue today, not only in the West but in the debates raging between "fundamentalists" and "liberals" or "modernists in the Islamic world. So, too, are the revised versions of natural law espoused by thinkers such as John Finnis and Robert George. This book focuses on three bodies of theory that developed between the thirteenth and seventeenth centuries: (1) the foundational belief in the existence of a moral/juridical natural law, embodying universal norms of right and wrong and accessible to natural human reason; (2) the understanding of (scientific) uniformities of nature as divinely imposed laws, which rose to prominence in the seventeenth century; and (3), finally, the notion that individuals are bearers of inalienable natural or human rights. While seen today as distinct bodies of theory often locked in mutual conflict, they grew up inextricably intertwines. The book argues that they cannot be properly understood if taken each in isolation from the others.

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Edition:: 1
Number of Pages:: 144
Release Date:: 2005-09-30
Publication Date:: 2005-09-22
Publisher:: Continnuum-3PL
Languages:: Original: English
ISBN10:: 0826417655
ISBN13:: 9780826417657
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:: [email protected]
Weight:: 322 g
Height:: 145 cm
Width:: 222 cm
Thickness:: 12 cm

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