Edmund Burke and the Natural Law
Transaction Publishers (Verlag)
978-0-7658-0990-2 (ISBN)
This first book-length study of Edmund Burke and his philosophy, originally published in 1958, explores this intellectual giant's relationship to, and belief in, the natural law. It has long been thought that Edmund Burke was an enemy of the natural law, and was a proponent of conservative utilitarianism. Peter J. Stanlis shows that, on the contrary, Burke was one of the most eloquent and profound defenders of natural law morality and politics in Western civilization. A philosopher in the classical tradition of Aristotle and Cicero, and in the Scholastic tradition of Aquinas, Burke appealed to natural law in the political problems he encountered in American, Irish, Indian, and British affairs, and in reaction to the French Revolution.
This book is as relevant today as it was when it was first published, and will be mandatory reading for students of philosophy, political science, law, and history.
Peter J. Stanlis is Distinguished Professor of Humanities Emeritus at Rockford College, Rockford, Illinois. He is the editor of Edmund Burke: Selected Writings and Speeches and Edmund Burke: The Enlightenment and the Modern World, and is the author of Robert Frost: The Individual and Society and Edmund Burke: The Enlightenment and Revolution, available from Transaction. V. Bradley Lewis is assistant professor of philosophy at the Catholic University of America. He is a frequent contributor to philosophy journals, including Communio: International Catholic Review, Southern Journal of Philosophy, and Polity.
ONE The Philosophic Content and Historical Importance of Natural Law; TWO Natural Law and Revolutionary “Natural Rights”; THREE Burke and the Natural Law; FOUR The Law of Nations; FIVE Revolutionary “Natural Rights”; SIX Human Nature; SEVEN Church and State; EIGHT Burke and the Sovereignty of Natural Law
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 30.4.2003 |
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Reihe/Serie | The Library of Conservative Thought |
Verlagsort | Somerset |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
Gewicht | 453 g |
Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie |
Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
ISBN-10 | 0-7658-0990-7 / 0765809907 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-7658-0990-2 / 9780765809902 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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