Ethics, Politics, and Natural Law
Principles for Human Flourishing
Format:Hardback
Publisher:University of Notre Dame Press
Publishing:1st Mar '25
£32.00
This title is due to be published on 1st March, and will be despatched as soon as possible.
A rigorous but accessible overview of the new natural law account of ethics and political philosophy.
The foundational principles of ethics and politics are principles that guide us to respect and promote human flourishing. In Ethics, Politics, and Natural Law Melissa Moschella provides an accessible introduction for the new natural law account of these principles while clarifying common misconceptions.
As a commonsense ethical theory, natural law grounds ethics in the fundamental dimensions of human flourishing. Taking into account social and political aspects, Moschella lays out the basic principles of natural law and their relationship to the virtues. She considers the importance of communities for flourishing, explaining how they should shape our understanding of justice and the common good, and showing how natural law principles support limited government and civil liberties. She also discusses the relationship between morality and God, and how the natural law account relates to Christian revelation. This fresh and compelling exploration of new natural law is the go-to resource to understand this important and influential theory.
"Melissa Moschella's Ethics, Politics, and Natural Law is the most readable and accessible articulation of 'New' Natural Law Theory I have read in the field. I recommend the volume to ethics enthusiasts everywhere, but especially to Protestant audiences that tend to produce a voluntarist and divine command account of ethics to the neglect of articulating how and why God’s moral decrees are also eminently reasonable." —Andrew T. Walker, author of Faithful Reason
"Is it the case, and, if so, how is it the case, that the human intellect can grasp reasons—including moral reasons—for choice and action? In Ethics, Politics, and Natural Law, Melissa Moschella provides persuasive answers to these questions as well as a cogent account of those reasons. Her book represents the clearest, most readable, exposition and defense of contemporary natural law theory yet to appear." —Robert P. George, author of Conscience and Its Enemies
ISBN: 9780268209261
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234 pages