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Natural Law, Liberalism, and Morality: Contemporary Essays » (1st Edition)

Book cover image of Natural Law, Liberalism, and Morality: Contemporary Essays by Robert P. George

Authors: Robert P. George
ISBN-13: 9780199243006, ISBN-10: 019924300X
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Date Published: May 2001
Edition: 1st Edition

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Author Biography: Robert P. George

Princeton University

Book Synopsis

This work brings together leading defenders of Natural Law and Liberalism for a series of frank and lively exchanges touching upon critical issues of contemporary moral and political theory. The book is an outstanding example of the fruitful engagement of traditions of thought about fundamental matters of ethics and justice.

Table of Contents

List of Contributors
1Is Natural Law Theory Compatible with Limited Government?1
2Against the Old Sexual Morality of the New Natural Law27
3Is Modern Liberalism Compatible with Limited Government? The Case of Rawls49
4John Rawls's New Conception of the Problem of Limited Government: Reply to Michael Zuckert87
5Judgemental Toleration107
6Liberty and Trust113
7Being Worthy of Trust: a Response to Joseph Raz131
8Getting Normative: the Role of Natural Rights in Constitutional Adjudication151
9The Illegitimacy of Appeals to Natural Law in Constitutional Interpretation181
10The Moral Point of View195
11Lloyd Weinreb's Problems with Natural Law213
12Good without God221
13'Deus sive Natura': Must Natural Lawyers Choose?271
14God's Natural Laws283
Index303

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