Natural law and the possibility of a global ethics /

Accounts of natural law moral philosophy and theology sought principles and precepts for morality, law, and other forms of social authority, whose prescriptive force was not dependent for validity on human decision, social influence, past tradition, or cultural convention, but through natural reason...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Cherry, Mark J.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht ; Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers, [2004]
Series:Philosophical studies in contemporary culture ; v. 11.
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Table of Contents:
  • From the contents: Acknowledgements. Foreword
  • Natural Law and the Possibility of a Global Ethics: An Introduction to a Culture in Crisis
  • Section I: Confronting Moral Pluralism: Assessing Universal Applicability
  • Section II: Engaging the Limits of Human Nature
  • Section III: Beyond Rationalistic Philosophy: Assessing Universal Accessibility
  • Section IV: The Natural Law Tradition and a Culture in Crisis
  • Notes on Contributors
  • Index.