Hugo Grotius and the Modern Theology of Freedom
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-36826-2 (ISBN)
This book uncovers in secular rights pioneer Hugo Grotius a rights theory that points toward the enlargement of individual responsibility. It grounds this connection in Grotius’ unexplored theological corpus, which reveals a dual metaethics and jurisprudence. Here a deontological natural law undergirds a secular theory of rights that is self-aware of its own limitations. A teleological practical reason then guides the exercise of these rights, so as not to compromise the political order that defends them. The book then illustrates this symbiosis of rights and responsibilities in five areas: consent theories of government, rights of rebellion, criminal punishment, war and international responsibility, and Atonement theology. This reassesses Grotius’ legacy as a secularist opponent of classical political thought, and suggests that modern liberalism and universal human rights are compatible with a world of resurgent religion.
Jeremy Seth Geddert is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Assumption College. He has published on natural rights, early modern political thought, religion and politics, and the just war tradition.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1: Grotius and Modern Natural Rights: Beyond A Secular History
Chapter 2: Natural Right and Natural Rights
Chapter 3: Two Concepts of Justice
Chapter 4: The Origins of the State: How and Why?
Chapter 5: The Bounds of Coercive Authority: Sovereignty and Rebellion
Chapter 6: Rights and the Responsibility (Not) to Punish
Chapter 7: Punitive War and International Responsibility
Chapter 8: Divine Government: Why You Can’t Ever Really Pay For Your Crimes
Chapter 9: Transcending Natural Rights, or Rethinking the Foundations of Modern
Political Secularism
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 16.10.2018 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Routledge Innovations in Political Theory |
| Zusatzinfo | 3 Tables, black and white |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 362 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Allgemeines / Lexika |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Geschichte der Philosophie | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie der Neuzeit | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-138-36826-1 / 1138368261 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-138-36826-2 / 9781138368262 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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