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100 1 _aWesterman, Pauline C.
245 1 4 _aThe disintegration of natural law theory :
_bAquinas to Finnis /
_cby Pauline C. Westerman.
264 1 _aLeiden ;
_aNew York :
_bBrill,
_c1998.
300 _a1 online resource (xii, 313 pages)
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aBrill's studies in intellectual history,
_x0920-8607 ;
_vv. 84
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [299]-305) and index.
505 0 0 _aPreliminary Material -- Introduction -- Aquinas's variations on a divine theme -- Aquinas's awareness of contingency -- Suárez's distinction between creation and legislation -- The limits of Suárez's natural law theory -- Grotius's humanisation of natural law -- Grotius's shift from natural law to natural rights -- Pufendorf's divine conductor -- Pufendorfs reconstruction of rationality -- Finnis's natural law without nature -- Finnis's decisionism -- Epilogue -- References -- Index.
506 _aAvailable to subscribing member institutions only.
520 _aJohn Finnis's proposal to rehabilitate Aquinas's natural law theory as an appropriate foundation of legal and moral theory rests on the assumption that Aquinas's theory can be restored by eliminating the mistaken interpretations of subsequent natural law theorists. This book challenges that assumption. After a brief analysis of Aquinas, the theories of Suárez, Grotius, and Pufendorf are investigated. It is argued that their theories are no 'mistakes', but attempts at solving problems inherent in natural law theory. As these attempts all fail, tensions remain, and ultimately lead to the demise of the theory. Finally it is argued that Finnis, running into the same problems, cannot hope to restore Aquinas's theoretical edifice.
650 0 _aNatural law
_xHistory.
776 0 8 _iOnline version:
_aWesterman, Pauline C.
_tDisintegration of natural law theory.
_dLeiden ; New York : Brill, 1998
_w(OCoLC)654630882
830 0 _aBrill's Studies in Intellectual History
_v84.
830 0 _aBrill's Studies in Intellectual History Online, ISBN: 9789004253339.
856 4 _zDOI:
_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004247383
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