| Aquinas's Theory of Natural Law: An Analytic Reconstruction Contributor(s): Lisska, Anthony J. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0198269676 ISBN-13: 9780198269670 Publisher: Clarendon Press OUR PRICE: $74.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 1998 Annotation: Recognized as one of the greatest minds of the middle ages, Aquinas's ideas--highly influential on the development of Christian doctrine--are still of fundamental philosophical importance today. This new critique of his theory of natural law discusses the theory's origins with Aristotle and advances new interpretations of contemporary legal issues which hark back to the time of Aquinas. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | History & Surveys - Medieval |
| Dewey: 340 |
| Physical Information: 0.75" H x 5.27" W x 8.4" (0.92 lbs) 336 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This new critique of Aquinas's theory of natural law presents an incisive, new analysis of the central themes and relevant texts in the Summa Theologiae which became the classical canon for natural law. Professor Lisska discusses Aquinas's view of ethical naturalism within the context of the contemporary revival and recovery of Aristotelian ethics, arguing that Aquinas is fundamentally Aristotelian in the foundations of his moral theory. The book looks at the historical development of natural law themes in the twentieth century, and in particular demonstrates the important connections between Aquinas and contemporary legal philosophers. The book should be of considerable interest to scholars of jurisprudence as well as philosophers. |