Natural law theory / Tom Angier.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Angier, Tom P. S., author.

Series:

Cambridge elements. Elements in ethics, 2516-4031.

Cambridge elements. Elements in ethics, 2516-4031

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Natural law--History.

Natural law.

Ethics--History.

Ethics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (57 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2021.

Summary:

In Section 1, I outline the history of natural law theory, covering Plato, Aristotle, the Stoics and Aquinas. In Section 2, I explore two alternative traditions of natural law, and explain why these constitute rivals to the Aristotelian tradition. In Section 3, I go on to elaborate a via negativa along which natural law norms can be discovered. On this basis, I unpack what I call three 'experiments in being', each of which illustrates the cogency of this method. In Section 4, I investigate and rebut two seminal challenges to natural law methodology, namely, the fact/value distinction in metaethics and Darwinian evolutionary biology. In Section 5, I then outline and criticise the 'new' natural law theory, which is an attempt to revise natural law thought in light of the two challenges above. I conclude, in Section 6, with a summary and some reflections on the prospects for natural law theory.

Contents:

Cover

Title page

Copyright page

Natural Law Theory

Contents

1 Historical Introduction

2 'Natural Law' - Other Idioms

3 Some Experiments in Being

4 Two Core Challenges

5 'New' Natural Law

6 Prospective Conclusion

References.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 27 Aug 2021).

ISBN:

1-108-60035-2

1-108-58639-2

1-108-58079-3

OCLC:

1267524740