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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 explanation and development of 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. Moschella lays out the basic principles of natural law, their relationship to the virtues, and their social and political implications. Highlighting the importance of communities for flourishing, Moschella explains how this should shape our understanding of justice and the common good, and shows how natural law principles support limited government and civil liberties. She also considers the relationship between morality and God, and how natural law relates to Christian revelation. This fresh and compelling account of new natural law is the go-to resource to understand this important and influential theory.
Contents
Foreword by Russell Hittinger
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Natural Law Ethics as "Commonsense Morality"
1. Basic Human Goods: The First Principles of Ethics
What Ethics Is About: Human Action and Free Choice
Basic Human Goods: The Basic Reasons for Action
Responses to Common Objections
Does Human Life Really Have Intrinsic Value?
What about Pleasure?
What about Autonomy?
How We Come to Know Basic Goods
Some Clarifications about Basic Goods
Incommensurability of Basic Goods
Basic Goods as First Principles of Practical Reason
Basic Goods and Human Nature
Nature, Natural Law, and Practical Rationality
Putting It All Together
2. Moral Principles
The First Principle of Morality and Intermediate Moral Norms
Never Intentionally Damage or Destroy a Basic Human Good
Fairness: The Golden Rule
The Vocation Principle: Establishing a Reasonable Priority among Goods
The Unity of Life Principle: Integrating Pursuits and Commitments in View of an Ultimate End
The Doctrine of Double Effect
Virtues: The Embodiment of Moral Principles
Acting for No Real Reason
Unreasonable Preferences among Persons or Goods
Practical Wisdom and Emotional Motivation
3. The Social Dimension of Human Flourishing
The Nature of Community
The Role of Community in Human Flourishing: The Life of Susie
The Family
Intermediate Associations
Justice and Special Obligations
4. The Political Dimension of Human Flourishing
The Political Community as a Community of Communities
The Common Good of the Political Community: All-Inclusive Common Good versus Specifically Political Common Good
Political Authority
The Limits of Political Authority
Substantive Limits on Government
Procedural Limits on Government: The Rule of Law
Natural Law and Liberalism
What about Patriotism?
Conclusion
5. Human Flourishing, Morality, and God
God and Moral Obligation
God and Moral Motivation
Christian Revelation and the Promise of the Kingdom
Conclusion
Appendix: Annotated Resource Bibliography
Bibliography
Index
Extended Table of Contents
