Natural Law Theory Paperback / softback

by Tom (University of Cape Town) Angier

Part of the Elements in Ethics series

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In Section 1, I outline the history of natural law theory, covering Plato, Aristotle, the Stoics and Aquinas.

In Section 2, I explore two alternative traditions of natural law, and explain why these constitute rivals to the Aristotelian tradition.

In Section 3, I go on to elaborate a via negativa along which natural law norms can be discovered.

On this basis, I unpack what I call three 'experiments in being', each of which illustrates the cogency of this method.

In Section 4, I investigate and rebut two seminal challenges to natural law methodology, namely, the fact/value distinction in metaethics and Darwinian evolutionary biology.

In Section 5, I then outline and criticise the 'new' natural law theory, which is an attempt to revise natural law thought in light of the two challenges above.

I conclude, in Section 6, with a summary and some reflections on the prospects for natural law theory.