Reason, Morality, and Law - The Philosophy of John Finnis

Zusatztext "Anyone who is interested in the new natural law theory should check out this [imposing] book." Informationen zum Autor John Keown DCL holds the Rose Kennedy Chair in the Kennedy Institute of Ethics at Georgetown University. Having graduated in law from Cambridge he completed a doctorate at Oxford, under the supervision of John Finnis. Before his election to the Kennedy Chair he taught medical law in the Faculty of Law at Cambridge, where he was a Fellow of Queens' College and of Churchill College. Professor Keown has written widely in the field of the law and ethics of medicine. His research has been cited by the Law Lords and by the US Supreme Court. His latest book is The Law and Ethics of Medicine (OUP, 2012).Robert P. George is McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence at Princeton University. He holds a D.Phil from Oxford, where he studied under John Finnis and Joseph Raz. He is the author of numerous books, including Making Men Moral: Civil Liberties and Public Morality, and In Defence of Natural Law. Klappentext John Finnis is a pre-eminent legal, moral and political philosopher. This volume contains over 25 essays by leading international scholars of philosophy and law who critically engage with issues at the heart of Finnis's work. Zusammenfassung John Finnis is a pre-eminent legal, moral and political philosopher. This volume contains over 25 essays by leading international scholars of philosophy and law who critically engage with issues at the heart of Finnis's work.

Product details

• Authors: Robert P. George, John Keown, John George Keown
• Assisted by: Robert P. George (Editor), George Robert P. (Editor), John Keown (Editor), John Keown DCL (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.03.2013
• EAN: 9780199675500
• ISBN: 978-0-19-967550-0
• No. of pages: 628
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; PHILOSOPHY / Religious, LAW / General, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, RELIGION / Philosophy, Ethics & moral philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy, Philosophy of religion, Jurisprudence & Philosophy Of Law, Methods, theory and philosophy of law