The Problem of Natural Law
Traditional Christian natural law theories can usefully be understood as having four key components. First, there is no sharp divide between the natural world and the moral world. Moral goodness is determined, at least in part, by human nature. Second, human beings are believed to have a conscience...
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2009
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A journal of church and state
Year: 2009, Volume: 51, Issue: 3, Pages: 520-522 |
| Review of: | The problem of natural law (Lanham, Md. [u.a.] : Lexington Books, 2007) (Spence, James H.)
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| Summary: | Traditional Christian natural law theories can usefully be understood as having four key components. First, there is no sharp divide between the natural world and the moral world. Moral goodness is determined, at least in part, by human nature. Second, human beings are believed to have a conscience which inclines us toward good. Third, certain actions are believed to be necessarily contrary to our good and proscribed by law-like moral generalizations. Finally, natural law theories are associated with the idea that civil law should reflect the natural moral law, and that any human law that does not is in some way deficient., The Problem of Natural Law focuses on the second aspect of natural law theories. |
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| ISSN: | 2040-4867 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: A journal of church and state
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/jcs/csp088 |