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Aristotle and Natural Law (Hardcover)
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Aristotle and Natural Law (Hardcover)
Series: Continuum Studies in Ancient Philosophy
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A new approach to understanding the relationship between
Aristotle's political philosophy and the natural law tradition.
"Aristotle and Natural Law" offers an important new examination of
Aristotle's political thought and its relationship to the natural
law tradition. The book challenges recent alternative
interpretations of Aristotle and argues that Aristotle's ethics is
most usefully seen as a particular type of natural law theory. Tony
Burns shows that the type of natural law theory to which Aristotle
subscribes is an unusual one because it does not allow for the
possibility that individuals might appeal to natural law in order
to critically evaluate existing laws and institutions. Rather its
function is to provide legitimacy for existing laws and conventions
by providing them with a philosophical justification from the
standpoint of Aristotle's metaphysics. Burns claims that this way
of thinking about natural law can be traced in the writings of a
number of thinkers in the history of philosophy, from Aquinas
through to Hegel, but argues that because this tradition begins
with Aristotle it is appropriate to describe it as 'the
Aristotelian natural law tradition'. "Continuum Studies in Ancient
Philosophy" presents cutting edge scholarship in the history of
ancient philosophy. The wholly original arguments, perspectives and
research findings in titles in this series make it an important and
stimulating resource for students and academics from across the
fields of Philosophy and Classical Studies.
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