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New Natural Law
New Natural Law (NNL) theory or New Classical Natural Law theory is an approach to natural law ethics and jurisprudence based on a reinterpretation of the writings of Thomas Aquinas. The approach began in the 1960s with the work of Germain Grisez and has since been developed by John Finnis, Joseph Boyle (philosopher), Joseph Boyle, Olaf Tollefsen, Christopher Tollefsen and others. NNL theory typically relies on a concept of 'basic goods'. References {{Philosophy-stub Natural law ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natural Law
Natural law (, ) is a Philosophy, philosophical and legal theory that posits the existence of a set of inherent laws derived from nature and universal moral principles, which are discoverable through reason. In ethics, natural law theory asserts that certain rights and moral values are inherent in human nature and can be understood universally, independent of enacted laws or societal norms. In jurisprudence, natural law—sometimes referred to as iusnaturalism or jusnaturalism, but not to be confused with what is called simply ''naturalism'' in legal philosophy—holds that there are objective legal standards based on morality that underlie and inform the creation, interpretation, and application of human-made laws. This contrasts with ''positive law'' (as in legal positivism), which emphasizes that laws are rules created by human authorities and are not necessarily connected to moral principles. Natural law can refer to "theories of ethics, theories of politics, theories of civil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Aquinas
Thomas Aquinas ( ; ; – 7 March 1274) was an Italian Dominican Order, Dominican friar and Catholic priest, priest, the foremost Scholasticism, Scholastic thinker, as well as one of the most influential philosophers and theologians in the Western tradition. A Doctor of the Church, he was from the county of Aquino, Italy, Aquino in the Kingdom of Sicily. Thomas was a proponent of natural theology and the father of a school of thought (encompassing both theology and philosophy) known as Thomism. Central to his thought was the doctrine of natural law, which he argued was accessible to Reason, human reason and grounded in the very nature of human beings, providing a basis for understanding individual rights and Moral duty, moral duties. He argued that God is the source of the light of natural reason and the light of faith. He embraced several ideas put forward by Aristotle and attempted to synthesize Aristotelianism, Aristotelian philosophy with the principles of Christianity. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Germain Grisez
Germain Gabriel Grisez (September 30, 1929 – February 1, 2018) was a French-American philosopher. Grisez's development of ideas from Thomas Aquinas has redirected Catholic thought and changed the way it has engaged with secular moral philosophy. In 'The First Principle of Practical Reason: A Commentary on the ''Summa Theologiae'', I-II, Q. 94, A. 2' (1965), Grisez attacked the neo-scholastic interpretation of Aquinas as holding that moral norms are derived from methodologically antecedent knowledge of human nature. Grisez defended the idea of metaphysical free choice and proposed a natural law theory of practical reasoning and moral judgment which, although broadly Thomistic, departs from Aquinas on significant points. Grisez was Professor of Christian Ethics at Mount St. Mary's University in Emmitsburg, MD from 1979 to his retirement in 2009. See also * John Finnis * Robert P. George * Pontifical Commission on Birth Control#Minority report References External links The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Finnis
John Mitchell Finnis (born 28 July 1940) is an Australian legal philosopher and jurist specializing in jurisprudence and the philosophy of law. He is an original interpreter of Aristotle and Aquinas, and counts Germain Grisez as a major influence and collaborator. He has made contributions to epistemology, metaphysics, and moral philosophy. Finnis was Professor of Law and Legal Philosophy at the University of Oxford from 1989 to 2010, where he is now Professor of Law and Legal Philosophy Emeritus. He is also the Biolchini Family Professor of Law, emeritus, at Notre Dame Law School and a permanent senior distinguished research fellow at Notre Dame's de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture. He acted as adviser to several Australian State governments, especially Queensland and Western Australia, mostly on the States' relations with the federal Government and with the United Kingdom. His practice at the English Bar saw him in cases in the High Court and in the Court of Appea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Boyle (philosopher)
Joseph M. Boyle (1942 – 2016) was an American philosopher and Professor of Philosophy at the University of Toronto. He is known for his works on ethics. Boyle is a former president of the American Catholic Philosophical Association. Books * ''Free Choice: A Self-Referential Argument'', with Olaf Tollefsen and Germain Grisez, Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press, 1979 * ''Nuclear Deterrence, Morality, and Realism'', with John Finnis John Mitchell Finnis (born 28 July 1940) is an Australian legal philosopher and jurist specializing in jurisprudence and the philosophy of law. He is an original interpreter of Aristotle and Aquinas, and counts Germain Grisez as a major inf ... and Germain Grisez, Oxford: Oxford University, 1987 * ''Catholic Sexual Ethics: A Summary, Defense, and Explanation'', with Ronald David Lawler and William E. May, Huntington, Ind.: Our Sunday Visitor, 1984; updated 1996; 2nd ed. 1998 * ''Life and Death with Liberty and Justice: A Contributio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olaf Tollefsen
Olaf P. Tollefsen (March 4, 1944 – September 13, 1989) was an American philosopher and Professor of Philosophy at St. Anselm College. He is known for his works on aesthetics, ethics and the philosophy of science. Books * ''Free Choice: A Self-Referential Argument'', with Joseph Boyle and Germain Grisez Germain Gabriel Grisez (September 30, 1929 – February 1, 2018) was a French-American philosopher. Grisez's development of ideas from Thomas Aquinas has redirected Catholic thought and changed the way it has engaged with secular moral philosophy ..., Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press 1979 * ''Foundationalism Defended: Essays on Epistemology, Ethics, and Aesthetics'', St Anselm College 1994 References 1944 births American philosophy academics American ethicists Natural law ethicists Georgetown University alumni University of Scranton alumni Saint Anselm College faculty Mount St. Mary's University faculty 1989 deaths {{US-philosopher-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Tollefsen
Christopher Olaf Tollefsen (born 1968) is an American philosopher and Professor of Philosophy at the University of South Carolina. He is known for his works on ethics Ethics is the philosophy, philosophical study of Morality, moral phenomena. Also called moral philosophy, it investigates Normativity, normative questions about what people ought to do or which behavior is morally right. Its main branches inclu .... Books * ''The Way of Medicine: Ethics and the Healing Profession'', with Farr Curlin, University of Notre Dame Press, 2021 * ''Lying and Christian Ethics'', Cambridge University Press, 2014 * ''Biomedical Research and Beyond: Expanding the Ethics of Inquiry'', Routledge, 2008; paperback 2010. * ''Embryo: A Defense of Human Life'', with Robert P. George; Doubleday, 2008; 2nd ed., Witherspoon Institute in 2012. Edited *''Natural Law Ethics in Theory and Practice: A Joseph Boyle Reader'', edited with John Liptay, Catholic University of America Press, 2020. *''Bioethi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
