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

Author/creator Porter, Jean, 1955-
Format Book
Publication InfoGrand Rapids, Mich. : W.B. Eerdmans Pub. Co., ©2005.
Descriptionxii, 420 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects
Thomas, Aquinas, Saint, 1225?-1274.
Natural law.

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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 401-416) and indexes.
LCCN 2004056411
ISBN0802849067 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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