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Edmund Burke and the Natural Law / Peter Stanlis.
Edition
First edition.
Imprint
London : Taylor and Francis, 2017.
Description
1 online resource.
Series
Library of conservative thought.
Formatted Contents Note
chapter ONE The Philosophic Content and Historical Importance of Natural Law / J. Stanlis Peter Lewis V. Bradley
chapter TWO Natural Law and Revolutionary "Natural Rights" / J. Stanlis Peter Lewis V. Bradley
chapter THREE Burke and the Natural Law / J. Stanlis Peter Lewis V. Bradley
chapter FOUR The Law of Nations / J. Stanlis Peter Lewis V. Bradley
chapter FIVE Revolutionary "Natural Rights" / J. Stanlis Peter Lewis V. Bradley
chapter SIX Human Nature / J. Stanlis Peter Lewis V. Bradley
chapter SEVEN Church and State / J. Stanlis Peter Lewis V. Bradley
chapter EIGHT Burke and the Sovereignty of Natural Law / J. Stanlis Peter Lewis V. Bradley.
chapter TWO Natural Law and Revolutionary "Natural Rights" / J. Stanlis Peter Lewis V. Bradley
chapter THREE Burke and the Natural Law / J. Stanlis Peter Lewis V. Bradley
chapter FOUR The Law of Nations / J. Stanlis Peter Lewis V. Bradley
chapter FIVE Revolutionary "Natural Rights" / J. Stanlis Peter Lewis V. Bradley
chapter SIX Human Nature / J. Stanlis Peter Lewis V. Bradley
chapter SEVEN Church and State / J. Stanlis Peter Lewis V. Bradley
chapter EIGHT Burke and the Sovereignty of Natural Law / J. Stanlis Peter Lewis V. Bradley.
Summary
"Today the idea of natural law as the basic ingredient in moral, legal, and political thought presents a challenge not faced for almost two hundred years. On the surface, there would appear to be little room in the contemporary world for a widespread belief in natural law. The basic philosophies of the opposition--the rationalism of the philosophes, the utilitarianism of Bentham, the materialism of Marx--appear to have made prior philosophies irrelevant. Yet these newer philosophies themselves have been overtaken by disillusionment born of conflicts between "might" and "right." Many thoughtful people who were loyal to secular belief have become dissatisfied with the lack of normative principles and have turned once more to natural law.This first book-length study of Edmund Burke and his philosophy, originally published in 1958, explores this intellectual giant's relationship to, and belief in, the natural law. It has long been thought that Edmund Burke was an enemy of the natural law, and was a proponent of conservative utilitarianism. Peter J. Stanlis shows that, on the contrary, Burke was one of the most eloquent and profound defenders of natural law morality and politics in Western civilization. A philosopher in the classical tradition of Aristotle and Cicero, and in the Scholastic tradition of Aquinas, Burke appealed to natural law in the political problems he encountered in American, Irish, Indian, and British affairs, and in reaction to the French Revolution.This book is as relevant today as it was when it was first published, and will be mandatory reading for students of philosophy, political science, law, and history."--Provided by publisher.
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Language
English
ISBN
9781351312257 (e-book: Mobi)
9781351312288 (e-book : PDF)
9780765809902 (paperback)
9781138522671 (hardback)
9781351312288 (e-book : PDF)
9780765809902 (paperback)
9781138522671 (hardback)
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