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Moral foundations of American law : faith, virtue and mores / Geoffrey C. Hazard, Jr., Douglas W. Pinto, Jr.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hazard, Geoffrey C., Jr., 1929-2018.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Law--United States--Philosophy.
- Law.
- Law--Moral and ethical aspects.
- United States.
- Philosophy.
- Law--Moral and ethical aspects--United States.
- Law and ethics.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 188 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge ; Portland : Intersentia, [2013]
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 Introduction 1
- What is Morality Good For? 2
- Morality as a Source of Law 2
- Foundations of Western Morality 3
- Morality and Epistemology 4
- Learning Morality 5
- Changes in Morality 7
- Public Discussion 8
- Part I Matters of Principle
- Chapter 2 Modern Supreme Court Confirmation Hearings 13
- The Bork Nomination 15
- "Political Issues" 16
- Justice Lewis Powell 18
- The Political Situation in the Bork Nomination 20
- The Bork Hearings 22
- Principle and Democracy 23
- Chapter 3 A Matter of Principle 25
- Principle, Rule and Ad Hoc Decision 25
- But What, Exactly, is a Principle? 26
- Conflicting Principles 27
- "Neutral Principles" 28
- Future Relevance 31
- Suppressed Principles: Casuistry 32
- Chapter 4 Ethics and Epistemology 35
- The Courage to Decide 37
- "Transparency" 39
- Chapter 5 Portfolios of Principles 41
- Complexity of Our Moral Traditions 41
- The Democratic Ethos 43
- Part II The Wisdom of the Ancients
- Chapter 6 Judaism and Early Christianity 49
- The Hebrew Bible 49
- "God Created the Heaven and the Earth" 49
- Covenant, Code and Contract 50
- Community Law 51
- Proverbs and "Cases" 51
- Written Word 52
- The Matter of Property 52
- Judges 53
- Interpretation 54
- Early Christianity 55
- Christian Attitude Toward Property 57
- Radical Moral Philosophy? 57
- Concepts of Christianity 58
- Concepts of Community 60
- Eternal Life, Eternal Responsibility 60
- Chapter 7 Greek Thought and Roman Practice 61
- Plato 62
- Aristotle 64
- Ethics 64
- Proportionality 65
- Telos and Rationality 66
- Acquiring Virtue: Practice 66
- Rhetoric 67
- Roman Reception of Greek Thought 68
- Cicero 69
- Seneca 70
- Part III The Church Triumphant
- Chapter 8 Roman Empire 75
- The Roman Church 76
- St. Jerome and St. Augustine 78
- Multiple Ills 80
- Chapter 9 "Honeymoon" for Theology and Philosophy 83
- Charlemagne 83
- Proto-Nations, Papal Monarchy 85
- Canon Law and Roman Law 87
- Triumphalism Asserted and Resisted 88
- Summa Theologica 90
- Catholicism Defined 93
- Part IV Revolution in Moral and Political Thought
- Chapter 10 The Renaissance 97
- "The" Renaissance 97
- The Medieval Christian Mentalité 97
- The English Bill of Rights 99
- "Humanism" 102
- Printing 103
- The Crisis in Christianity 104
- Problematic Faith 105
- Chapter 11 Voices of Humanism 107
- William of Ockham 107
- Dante 108
- Bartolus of Saxoferrato 109
- Bartolomé de Las Casas 109
- Montaigne 110
- Erasmus 111
- Machiavelli 111
- Thomas More 113
- Foundations of Modern Political Thought 113
- Chapter 12 Old Order Imperfectly Restored 117
- The Counter Reformation 117
- Transformation of Christendom 118
- The English Restorations 121
- The Sugar Islands: Slavery 122
- Foundations of the Old Order 122
- Part V New Order
- Chapter 13 Old Order in the New World 127
- The Cycle of English Repression 128
- God's Kingdom Redefined 130
- Localism 130
- Enlightenment Philosophy 131
- "Free" Land 133
- Free Enterprise 134
- Coming of the Revolutionary War 136
- Chapter 14 American Constitutions 137
- The Geopolitical Situation 137
- Localism 138
- The Louisiana Purchase 139
- Constitutional Development 140
- The Declaration of Independence 140
- New State Constitutions 141
- The Articles of Confederation 143
- Chapter 15 The Constitution of the United States 145
- The Founding Fathers 145
- The Labors of the Convention 146
- Religion 146
- The Difficult Issues 147
- Slavery 147
- Legislative Powers: "Necessary and Proper" 148
- Executive Power 149
- Judicial Power 149
- The American Bill of Rights 150
- Trial by Jury 151
- The "Third Branch" 152
- The Constitution Interpreted 153
- Chapter 16 The Short Life of Virtue Politics 157
- The Retirement of George Washington 157
- Partisanship 158
- Foreign Relations 159
- Federal Agenda in the First Decades 160
- The Slavery Issue 161
- The Success of the Early Republic 161
- Political Philosophy 162
- The Role of the Federal Government 163
- Chapter 17 "All Men Are Created Equal" 165
- Morality and Status 165
- Women 166
- African-Americans 167
- Property 169
- Chapter 18 The Life of American Law 171
- The Enduring Constitution 171
- Local Religion 172
- Equality and Freedom 173
- Then and Now 174
- Before the Civil War: De Tocqueville's America 174
- The Civil War 176
- Democracy? 178.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1780681445
- 9781780681443
- OCLC:
- 828417140
- Publisher Number:
- 99954860211
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