Natural Law: Reflections on Theory & Practice

By Carlos Whitlock Porter and Jacques Maritain

Book Overview

Can there be universal moral principles in a culturally and religiously diverse world? Are such principles provided by a theory of natural law? Jacques response to both questions is "yes." These... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 189031868X
• ISBN13: 9781890318680
• Release Date: April 2001
• Publisher: St. Augustine's Press
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.4" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

thought-provoking

You'll go into a Barnes and Noble and see on a desk a sign raised which reads "thought-provoking." More often than not the desk inhabits atheist agenda and nonsense, which the casual reader is always tempted to wonder about, though the trained reader always deplores. This is a book - this is an author - that deserves the title "thought-provoking." Maritain is as interesting, is as lucid, is as creative as he is brilliant.

One of the best if not the best

Maritain has a goldmine of information in this little book for those interested in the tradtional view of Natural Law. I have read several books on the Natural Law, some very good ones, but they all left me with a feeling of incompleteness. Maritain does not do this, he fills the gap here and covers an immense amount of ground in such a short space. Worthy of special mention is the relationship of human rights to the Natural Law and how rights must be founded on it - for without Natural Law there is no true obligation. I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in the moral and political applications of Natural Law.