Biblical Natural Law: A Theocentric and Teleological ApproachOUP Oxford, 2008年3月21日 - 270 頁 Natural law theory is controversial today because it presumes that there is a stable 'human nature' that is subject to a 'law.' How do we know that 'human nature' is stable and not ever-evolving? How can we expect 'law' not to constrict human freedom and potential? Furthermore if there is a 'law,' there must be a lawgiver. Matthew Levering argues that natural law theory makes sense only within a broader worldview, and that the Bible sketches both such a persuasive worldview and an account of natural law that offers an exciting portrait of the moral life. To establish the relevance of biblical readings to the wider philosophical debate on natural law, this study offers an overview of modern natural law theories from Cicero to Nietzsche, which reverse the biblical portrait by placing human beings at the center of the moral universe. Whereas the biblical portrait of natural law is other-directed, ordered to self-giving love, the modern accounts turn inward upon the self. Drawing on the thought of St. Thomas Aquinas, Levering employs theological and philosophical investigation to achieve a contemporary doctrine of natural law that accords with the biblical witness to a loving Creator who draws human beings to share in the divine life. This book provides both an introduction to natural law theory and a compelling challenge to re-think current biblical scholarship on the topic. |
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... to contemporary ethics, both because of its influence upon Western culture, and because it is the 'foundational document' of the Christian tradition. 2 'Inclination' here must not be understood as one passion Introduction.
... to contemporary ethics, both because of its influence upon Western culture, and because it is the 'foundational document' of the Christian tradition. 2 'Inclination' here must not be understood as one passion Introduction.
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... Tradition of Natural Law: A Philosopher's Reflections (1965; New York: Fordham University Press, 1992) was put together from 1958 course lectures by Simon and, after Simon's death, by his student Vukan Kuic. 7 Murray, We Hold These ...
... Tradition of Natural Law: A Philosopher's Reflections (1965; New York: Fordham University Press, 1992) was put together from 1958 course lectures by Simon and, after Simon's death, by his student Vukan Kuic. 7 Murray, We Hold These ...
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... tradition of reason as emergent in developing form in the special circumstances of American political-economic life' as of 1960.13 If Lockean individualism and even Marxist socialism have exerted profound influence in American political ...
... tradition of reason as emergent in developing form in the special circumstances of American political-economic life' as of 1960.13 If Lockean individualism and even Marxist socialism have exerted profound influence in American political ...
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... traditions; it is constituted by the Eternal Law who is God, who alone can create.' A quite different set of claims is made by Larry Arnhart in Darwinian Natural Right: The Biological Ethics of Human Nature (Albany, NY: State University ...
... traditions; it is constituted by the Eternal Law who is God, who alone can create.' A quite different set of claims is made by Larry Arnhart in Darwinian Natural Right: The Biological Ethics of Human Nature (Albany, NY: State University ...
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... Tradition: Contemporary Perspectives, ed. John Goyette, Mark S. Latkovic, and Richard S. Myers (Washington, DC: Catholic University of America Press, 2004), 25–39, at 38. Hittinger points similarly to the distinction between 'knowing ...
... Tradition: Contemporary Perspectives, ed. John Goyette, Mark S. Latkovic, and Richard S. Myers (Washington, DC: Catholic University of America Press, 2004), 25–39, at 38. Hittinger points similarly to the distinction between 'knowing ...
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1 The Bible and Natural Law | 22 |
2 Anthropocentric Natural Law | 69 |
3 Natural Law and Natural Inclinations | 140 |
4 Natural Law and the Order of Charity | 189 |
Conclusion | 224 |
Works Cited | 235 |
Index | 255 |
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