Patriarchal Religion, Sexuality, and Gender - A Critique of New Natural Law

Klappentext This book examines the patriarchal nature of fundamental Christianity and offers a critique of the new natural lawyers' school of thought. Zusammenfassung By looking at Thomas Aquinas' school of thought and comparing it to the new natural lawyers! this book offers a glimpse at the disconnect. This book examines the new natural lawyers' flawed way of viewing hierarchy and offers a critique of the forms of fundamentalism and how they arose. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. New natural law in context; 2. The architecture and reach of new natural law; 3. Criteria for evaluating new natural law; 4. Internal consistency: is new natural law secular?; 5. Internal consistency: is new natural law Thomistic?; 6. Substantive appeal: what's wrong with homophobia and sexism?; 7. Substantive appeal: new natural law, sexism, and homophobia; 8. Substantive appeal: moral absolutes and the inconsistent fundamentalism of new natural law; 9. New natural law and patriarchal religion; 10. Conclusions: Christian alternatives to new natural law.

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• Authors: Nicholas Bamforth, Nicholas (University of Oxford) Richards Bamforth, Nicholas Richards Bamforth, Bamforth Nicholas, David A. J. Richards, Richards David A. J.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.04.2011
• EAN: 9780521173360
• ISBN: 978-0-521-17336-0
• No. of pages: 416
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, LAW / Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy, Legal Ethics & Professional Conduct, Legal ethics and professional conduct, Jurisprudence & Philosophy Of Law, Methods, theory and philosophy of law