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4 videodiscs (approximately 720 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 2 course guidebooks (22 cm.).
Presents 24 lectures dealing with both philosophical and historical considerations for the idea of a natural moral law and its basis in our common human nature.
pt. 1. disc 1. lecture 1. The Philosphical approach ; lecture 2. The general nature of ethics ; lecture 3. Law, nature, natural law ; lecture 4. Principles of natural law theory ; lecture 5. Greek ideas of nature and justice ; lecture 6. Aristotle's clarification of "nature" ; disc 2. lecture 7. Aristotle on justice and politics ; lecture 8. The Stoic idea of natural law ; lecture 9. Biblical views of nature and law ; lecture 10. Early Christians, nature and law ; lecture 11. Roman, canon and natural law ; lecture 12. The Thomistic synthesis -- pt. 2. disc 3. lecture 13. Late medieval and early modern views ; lecture 14. Hobbes and Locke ; lecture 15. Natural law and the founding fathers ; lecture 16. Descartes, Rousseau, and Kant ; lecture 17. Can rights exist without natural law? ; lecture 18. The question of evolution ; disc 4. lecture 19. The paradox of cultural relativism ; lecture 20. The problem of God ; lecture 21. Current applications--jurisprudence ; lecture 22. Current applications--bioethics ; lecture 23. Current applications--social ethics ; lecture 24. The eternal return of natural law.
[Joseph Koterski] ; Teaching Company ; producer, Tamara Stonebarger ; director, Tom Dunton.
Accompanying course guidebooks include biographical information, lecture notes and outlines, timelines, glossaries, and bibliographical references.
"Philosophy & intellectual history"--Container.
Content editor, Maggie Lyons ; audio, Gerry Greenwalt ; audio, Jon Levin, Larita Kimble, Damion Smith.