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Edmund Burke and the Natural Law (Paperback, New edition)
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Edmund Burke and the Natural Law (Paperback, New edition)
Series: The Library of Conservative Thought
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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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