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Zusatztext An impressive! sustained argument for the proposition that there are objective moral truths ... iluminating ... one need not agree with all of his responses to find the book instructive. Informationen zum Autor Robert George is McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence at Princeton University. He is an former Presidential Appointee to the United States Commission on Human Rights, and has served as a Judicial Fellow at the Supreme Court of the United States Klappentext In Making Men Moral! his 1995 book! George questioned the central doctrines of liberal jurisprudence and political theory. In his new work he extends his critique of liberalism! and also goes beyond it to show how contemporary natural law theory provides a superior way of thinking about basic problems of justice and political morality. Students as well as scholars in law! political science! and philosophy will find George's arguments stimulating! challenging! and compelling. Zusammenfassung In this work, Robert George extends his critique of liberalism, and also goes beyond it to show how contemporary natural law theory provides a superior way of thinking about basic problems of justice and political morality. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Part 1 Theoretical Issues 2: Recent Criticism of Natural Law Theory 3: Natural Law and Human Nature 4: Does the ' Incommensurabiltiy Thesis' Imperil Common Sense Moral Judgements 5: Natural Law and Positive Law 6: Free Choice, Practical Reason and Fitness for the Rule of Law Part 2 Moral and Political Questions 8: Marriage and the Liberal Imagination 9: What Sex Can Be: Alienation, Illusion, or One-Flesh Union 10: Making Children Moral: Pornography, Parents and the Public Interest 11: Public Reason and Political Conflict: Abortion and Homosexual Acts 12: Natural Law and International Order Part 3 Dialectical Engagement 14: Human Flourishing as a Criterion of Morality: A Critique of Percy's Naturalism 15: Nature, Morality and Homosexuality 16: Can Sex be Reasonable? 17: Moralistic Liberalism and Legal Moralism 18: Law, Democracy, and Moral Disagreement Index ...
