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Publication
The Great Courses (2002), 12 hours, 24 lectures
Description
Presents 24 lectures dealing with both philosophical and historical considerations for the idea of a natural moral law and its basis in our common human nature.
Language
Original language
English
Physical description
7.4 inches
Local notes
[1] Philosophical approach [2] General nature of ethics [3] Law, nature, natural law [4] Principles of natural law theory [5] Greek ideas of nature and justice [6] Aristotle's clarification of'nature' [7] Aristotle on justice and politics [8] Stoic idea of natural law [9] Biblical views of nature and law [10] Early Christians, nature and law [11] Roman, canon and natural law [12] Thomistic synthesis [13] Late medieval and early modern views [14] Hobbes and Locke [15] Natural law and founding fathers [16] Descartes, Rousseau, and Kant [17] Can rights exist without natural law? [18] Question of evolution [19] Paradox of cultural relativism [20] Problem of God [21] Current applications-jurisprudence [22] Current applications-bioethics [23] Current applications-social ethics [24] Eternal return of natural law