The collection will undoubtedly provoke much productive debate and reflection on natural law theory and its history, with special attention to its complex relations to various theistic traditions.

Alex Douglas, Mind

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

Daniel Frank, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews

This edited volume examines the ways in which theological considerations have figured in natural law theorizing, from Plato to Spinoza. Theological considerations have long had a pronounced role in Catholic natural law theories, but have not been seriously examined from a wider perspective. The contributors to this volume take a more inclusive view of the relation between conceptions of natural law and theistic claims and principles. They do not jointly defend one particular thematic claim, but articulate diverse ways in which natural law has both been understood and related to theistic claims. In addition to exploring Plato and the Stoics, the volume also looks at medieval Jewish thought, the thought of Aquinas, Scotus, and Ockham, and the ways in which Spinoza's thought includes resonances of earlier views and intimations of later developments. Taken as a whole, these essays enlarge the scope of the discussion of natural law through study of how the naturalness of natural law has often been related to theses about the divine. The latter are often crucial elements of natural law theorizing, having an integral role in accounting for the metaethical status and ethical bindingness of natural law. At the same time, the question of the relation between natural law and God -- and the relation between natural law and divine command -- has been addressed in a multiplicity of ways by key figures throughout the history of natural law theorizing, and these essays accord them the explanatory significance they deserve.
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This edited volume examines the ways in which theological considerations have figured in natural law theorizing, from Plato to Spinoza.
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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"The collection will undoubtedly provoke much productive debate and reflection on natural law theory and its history, with special attention to its complex relations to various theistic traditions." -- Mind
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Selling point: Includes study of Plato and the Stoics as well as Jewish thinkers and different currents of thought in the Christian tradition. Selling point: Examines Scotus , Ockham, and Aquinas. Selling point: Thoroughly discusses Spinoza's relation to the ancient heritage and to modern thought. Selling point: The essays highlight features of natural law theorizing that are integral to it yet have not received the attention they deserve. Selling point: They also connect significant elements of the history of natural law theorizing with enduringly important metaethical concerns.
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Jonathan A. Jacobs is Director of the Institute for Criminal Justice Ethics.
Selling point: Includes study of Plato and the Stoics as well as Jewish thinkers and different currents of thought in the Christian tradition. Selling point: Examines Scotus , Ockham, and Aquinas. Selling point: Thoroughly discusses Spinoza's relation to the ancient heritage and to modern thought. Selling point: The essays highlight features of natural law theorizing that are integral to it yet have not received the attention they deserve. Selling point: They also connect significant elements of the history of natural law theorizing with enduringly important metaethical concerns.
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ISBN
9780199767175
Publisert
2012
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Oxford University Press Inc
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476 gr
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168 mm
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236 mm
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25 mm
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U, P, 05, 06
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Engelsk
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304

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Jonathan A. Jacobs is Director of the Institute for Criminal Justice Ethics.