Edmund Burke and the Natural LawTransaction Publishers, 10 мар. 2015 г. - Всего страниц: 311 Today the idea of natural law as the basic ingredient in moral, legal, and political thought presents a challenge not faced for almost two hundred years. On the surface, there would appear to be little room in the contemporary world for a widespread belief in natural law. The basic philosophies of the opposition--the rationalism of the philosophes, the utilitarianism of Bentham, the materialism of Marx--appear to have made prior philosophies irrelevant. Yet these newer philosophies themselves have been overtaken by disillusionment born of conflicts between "might" and "right." Many thoughtful people who were loyal to secular belief have become dissatisfied with the lack of normative principles and have turned once more to natural law. This first book-length study of Edmund Burke and his philosophy, originally published in 1958, explores this intellectual giant's relationship to, and belief in, the natural law. It has long been thought that Edmund Burke was an enemy of the natural law, and was a proponent of conservative utilitarianism. Peter J. Stanlis shows that, on the contrary, Burke was one of the most eloquent and profound defenders of natural law morality and politics in Western civilization. A philosopher in the classical tradition of Aristotle and Cicero, and in the Scholastic tradition of Aquinas, Burke appealed to natural law in the political problems he encountered in American, Irish, Indian, and British affairs, and in reaction to the French Revolution. This book is as relevant today as it was when it was first published, and will be mandatory reading for students of philosophy, political science, law, and history. |
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... justice, equity — the law of nature, and of nations."3 So the dispute continues. Burke's attitude towards the natural law and its relation to the other parts of Burke's thought is at the very heart of Professor Stanlis's study, herein ...
... justice common to any political regime (politeia) and, indeed, principles without which political association would be impossible. He distinguishes natural right or natural justice from right or justice by law and holds that what is ...
... justice and peace."38 So the common good directs one to the virtues that promote justice and peace and not all of the virtues.39 Moreover, again, the customs of the people are a crucial limit on and guide for the legislator. Now this ...
... justice and prudence and are most important when such principles are threatened, such as in the cases of Ireland and India. Burke's natural law was modern, but no less a part of the central tradition of natural law for that. I want to ...
... justice to both nature and history. This is not simply a question of political philosophy, but of political theology. Perhaps, with the Cold War ended and the controversy about Burke and conservatism largely a matter of intellectual ...