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

Author:: Porter, Jean, 1955-
Published:: Grand Rapids, Mich. : Eerdmans, [2005]
Copyright Date:: ©2005
Physical Description:: xii, 420 pages ; 24 cm

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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.

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ISBN:

0802849067 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Bibliography Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 401-416) and indexes.

Source of Acquisition:

UP-PAT copy: Purchased with funds from the James F. Robb Fund; 20056.

Endowment Note:

James F. Robb Fund

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