Reason, Religion, and Natural Law - From Plato to Spinoza

Zusatztext Jonathan Jacobs has collected a solid group of essays in Reason, Religion, and Natural Law, a volume devoted to the natural law tradition. The scope of the collection is broad Informationen zum Autor Jonathan A. Jacobs is Director of the Institute for Criminal Justice Ethics. Klappentext This edited volume examines the ways in which theological considerations have figured in natural law theorizing, from Plato to Spinoza. Zusammenfassung This edited volume examines the ways in which theological considerations have figured in natural law theorizing, from Plato to Spinoza. Inhaltsverzeichnis Notes on Contributors Acknowledgments Introduction PART I Ancient Origins 1. "The Rule of Reason in Plato's Laws" Fred Miller 2. "Stoic Eudaimonism and the Natural Law Tradition" Jacob Klein PART II Medieval Jewish Philosophy 3. "Natural Law in Judaism: A Reconsideration" Tamar Rudavsky 4. "The Reasons of the Commandments: Rational Tradition without Natural Law" Jonathan Jacobs PART III Medieval Christian Philosophy 5. "Thomas Aquinas and the Difficulties of Reading the Natural Law Written on Our Hearts" Eileen Sweeney 6. "Right Reason in Natural Law Moral Theory: Thomas Aquinas and William of Ockham" Anthony Lisska 7. "Natural Law, Moral Constructivism, and Duns Scotus's Metaethics: The Centrality of Aesthetic Explanation" Richard Cross PART IV Spinoza and the Transition to Modern Thought 8. "Spinoza and Natural Law" Jon Miller 9. "Agent Centeredness and Natural Law: Perfectionism, Immanence, and Transcendence" Douglas B. Rasmussen, Douglas J. Den Uyl Bibliography Index

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• Authors: Jonathan A. Jacobs, Jonathan A. (EDT) Jacobs
• Assisted by: Jonathan A Jacobs (Editor), Jonathan A. Jacobs (Editor), Jonathan A. (Director Jacobs (Editor), Jacobs Jonathan A. (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.10.2012
• EAN: 9780199767175
• ISBN: 978-0-19-976717-5
• No. of pages: 272
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, PHILOSOPHY / Religious, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / General, RELIGION / Philosophy, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy, Alternative belief systems, Philosophy of religion, Philosophical traditions and schools of thought, History of Western philosophy, Alternative belief systems and spiritual worldviews