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First Things - An Inquiry into the First Principles of Morals and Justice (Paperback)
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First Things - An Inquiry into the First Principles of Morals and Justice (Paperback)
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This book restores to us an understanding that was once settled in
the "moral sciences": that there are propositions, in morals and
law, which are not only true but which cannot be otherwise. It was
understood in the past that, in morals or in mathematics, our
knowledge begins with certain axioms that must hold true of
necessity; that the principles drawn from these axioms hold true
universally, unaffected by variations in local "cultures"; and that
the presence of these axioms makes it possible to have, in the
domain of morals, some right answers. Hadley Arkes restates the
grounds of that older understanding and unfolds its implications
for the most vexing political problems of our day. The author turns
first to the classic debate between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen
Douglas. After establishing the groundwork and properties of moral
propositions, he traces their application in such issues as
selective conscientious objection, justifications for war, the war
in Vietnam, a nation's obligation to intervene abroad, the notion
of supererogatory acts, the claims of "privacy," and the problem of
abortion.
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