Biblical Natural Law: A Theocentric and Teleological ApproachOUP Oxford, 21 mar. 2008 - 270 pagini 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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... reason . But it is not a call to escape from nature , or to dismantle ... human ' nature ' that Murray presumes , one might see Jan Aertsen , Nature ... human , are crucial to the way we come to learn about the natural law ' ( Hittinger ...
... reason . But it is not a call to escape from nature , or to dismantle ... human ' nature ' that Murray presumes , one might see Jan Aertsen , Nature ... human , are crucial to the way we come to learn about the natural law ' ( Hittinger ...
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... human bodiliness , " The body , in its physiology as such , is not " pre - moral " but " moral " : it bears an order ... Reason : A Thomistic Theory of the Natural Law ( Grand Rapids , MI : Eerdmans , 2005 ) , chapter 2. On natural teleology ...
... human bodiliness , " The body , in its physiology as such , is not " pre - moral " but " moral " : it bears an order ... Reason : A Thomistic Theory of the Natural Law ( Grand Rapids , MI : Eerdmans , 2005 ) , chapter 2. On natural teleology ...
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... human beings who possess the use of reason . As Ralph McInerny observes , " The natural law , as St. Paul remarks , is inscribed in our hearts . But knowing natural law does not entail knowing St. Paul.35 Although natural law mandates ...
... human beings who possess the use of reason . As Ralph McInerny observes , " The natural law , as St. Paul remarks , is inscribed in our hearts . But knowing natural law does not entail knowing St. Paul.35 Although natural law mandates ...
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... cause of human acts , which binds the powers of our nature to some good ' , 38 how can one account for such an ' extrinsic cause ' able to bind our ' nature ' to its ' good ' ? This question plagues modern anthropocentric doctrines of ...
... cause of human acts , which binds the powers of our nature to some good ' , 38 how can one account for such an ' extrinsic cause ' able to bind our ' nature ' to its ' good ' ? This question plagues modern anthropocentric doctrines of ...
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... human flourishing (Hobbes, Hume, Rousseau, and so forth) or how- ever much one attempts to provide an autonomous role for human practical reason apart from natural teleologies (Descartes, Kant, and so forth), such answers, when located ...
... human flourishing (Hobbes, Hume, Rousseau, and so forth) or how- ever much one attempts to provide an autonomous role for human practical reason apart from natural teleologies (Descartes, Kant, and so forth), such answers, when located ...
Cuprins
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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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