Reason, religion, and natural law : from Plato to Spinoza / edited by Jonathan A. Jacobs.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Jacobs, Jonathan A., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Natural law--History.

Natural law.

Natural law--Philosophy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 284 pages)

Other Title:

From Plato to Spinoza

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This edited volume examines the ways in which theological considerations have figured in natural law theorizing, from Plato to Spinoza. Theological considerations have long had a pronounced role in Catholic natural law theories, but have not been seriously examined from a wider perspective. The contributors to this volume take a more inclusive view of the relation between conceptions of natural law and theistic claims and principles.

Contents:

The rule of reason in Plato's Laws / Fred D. Miller, Jr.

Stoic eudaimonism and the natural law tradition / Jacob Klein

Natural law in Judaism : a reconsideration / Tamar Rudavsky

The reasons of the commandments : rational tradition without natural law / Jonathan A. Jacobs

Thomas Aquinas on the natural law written on our hearts / Eileen C. Sweeney

Right reason in natural law moral theory : Thomas Aquinas and William of Ockham / Anthony J. Lisska

Natural law, moral constructivism, and Duns Scotus's metaethics : the centrality of aesthetic explanation / Richard Cross

Spinoza and natural law / Jon Miller

Agent centeredness and natural law : perfectionism, immanence, and transcendence / Douglas B. Rasmussen and Douglas J. Den Uyl.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on Oct. 31, 2012).

Other Format:

Print version

ISBN:

0-19-997959-6

0-19-976717-3