Ethics, Politics, and Natural Law - Melissa Moschella

Ethics, Politics, and Natural Law

Principles for Human Flourishing
Buch | Hardcover
234 Seiten
2025
University of Notre Dame Press (Verlag)
978-0-268-20926-1 (ISBN)
39,90 inkl. MwSt
A rigorous but accessible overview of the new natural law account of ethics and political philosophy.


The foundational principles of ethics and politics are principles that guide us to respect and promote human flourishing. In Ethics, Politics, and Natural Law Melissa Moschella provides an accessible introduction for the new natural law account of these principles while clarifying common misconceptions.


As a commonsense ethical theory, natural law grounds ethics in the fundamental dimensions of human flourishing. Taking into account social and political aspects, Moschella lays out the basic principles of natural law and their relationship to the virtues. She considers the importance of communities for flourishing, explaining how they should shape our understanding of justice and the common good, and showing how natural law principles support limited government and civil liberties. She also discusses the relationship between morality and God, and how the natural law account relates to Christian revelation. This fresh and compelling exploration of new natural law is the go-to resource to understand this important and influential theory.

Melissa Moschella is a professor of the practice in philosophy at the University of Notre Dame’s McGrath Institute for Church Life. She is the author of To Whom Do Children Belong? Parental Rights, Civic Education, and Children’s Autonomy Russell Hittinger is Warren Professor of Catholic Studies and Research Professor of Law, University of Tulsa.

Foreword by Russell Hittinger


Acknowledgments


Introduction: Natural Law Ethics as “Commonsense Morality”


1. Basic Human Goods: The First Principles of Ethics


2. Moral Principles


3. The Social Dimension of Human Flourishing


4. The Political Dimension of Human Flourishing


5. Human Flourishing, Morality, and God


Appendix: Annotated Resource Bibliography


Bibliography


Index


Extended Table of Contents

Erscheint lt. Verlag 1.3.2025
Reihe/Serie Catholic Ideas for a Secular World
Vorwort Russell Hittinger
Zusatzinfo 1 Tables, black and white
Verlagsort Notre Dame IN
Sprache englisch
Maße 152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik
Geisteswissenschaften Religion / Theologie Christentum
ISBN-10 0-268-20926-X / 026820926X
ISBN-13 978-0-268-20926-1 / 9780268209261
Zustand Neuware
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