Nature as reason : a Thomistic theory of the natural law / Jean Porter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Porter, Jean, 1955-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Natural law.

Thomas, Aquinas, Saint, 1225?-1274.

Thomas.

Physical Description:

xii, 420 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Grand Rapids, Mich. : Eerdmans, [2005]

Contents:

The scholastic concept of natural law

The modern approach to the natural law

The later trajectory of the natural law tradition

The natural law and theological ethics : the proposed project

Speculative realism and the natural law : a preliminary consideration

Nature and the natural law

Defending a teleological conception of human nature

Toward a concept of human nature

Ethical naturalism, reason, and the natural law

Natural well-being and the concept of happiness

Well-being, happiness, and the practice of the virtues

Ideals of virtue and norms of nature

Self-love, neighbor love, and the norms of justice

The happy life, revisited

Contemporary and medieval approaches to practical reason

Practical reason, will, and first principles

Natural and divine law : the decalogue as moral law

Moral norms as law and boundary

Prudence and the limits of moral knowledge

The natural law as a basic for a Christian ethic

From natural law to human rights

The paradoxical status of natural rights

Nature, grace, and the natural law.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 401-416) and indexes.

ISBN:

0802849067

OCLC:

56686555