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Natural Law, Liberalism, and Morality
Contemporary Essays

Edited by Robert P. George

Price: £21.99 (paper)
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-924300-6
Publication date: 1 March 2001
328 pages, 234x156 mm
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  • 'These essays reveal George to be an honourable, passionate, and intelligent defender of a moral and political theory which, both in its foundations and its understanding of law and policy presents liberalism with an oponent it cannot ignore.' - MIND 7/1/2000

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  • Original essays by leading names in legal philosophy and legal theory
Natural law, Liberalism and Morality brings together leading defenders of natural law and liberalism for a series of frank and lively exchanges touching upon critical issues of contemporary moral and political theory. The book is an outstanding example of the fruitful engagement of traditions of thought about fundamental matters of ethics and justice.

Contents
1. Is Natural Law Theory Compatible with Limited Government? , John Finnis
2. Against the Old Sexual Morality of the New natural Law , Stephen Macedo
3. Is Modern Liberalism Compatible with Limited Government?: The Case of Rawls , Michael P. Zuckert
4. John Rawls's New Conception of the Problem of Limited Government: Reply to Michael Zuckert , Jeffrey Reiman
5. Judgemental Toleration , Michael J. Sandel
6. Liberty and Trust , Joseph Raz
7. Being Worthy of Trust: A Response to Joseph Raz , Christopher Wolfe
8. Getting Normative: The Role of Natural Rights in Constitutional Adjudication , Randy E. barnett
9. The Illegitimacy of Appeals to Natural Law in Constitutional Interpretation , Walter Berns
10. The Moral Point of View , lloyd L. Weinreb
11. Lloyd Weinreb's Problems with Natural Law , Daniel N. Robinson
12. Good Without God , Michael S. Moore
13. `Deus sive Natura': Must Natural Lawyers Choose? , J. L. A. Garcia
14. God's Natural Laws , Charles Taliaferro
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Edited by Robert P. George, McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence and Director of the James Madison Program in Amercian Ideals and Institutions, Princeton University


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