Reason, Morality, and Law
The Philosophy of John Finnis
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 21 March 2013
- ISBN 9780199675500
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages628 pages
- Size 253x177x42 mm
- Weight 1248 g
- Language English 0
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Short description:
John Finnis is a pre-eminent legal, moral and political philosopher. This volume contains over 25 essays by leading international scholars of philosophy and law who critically engage with issues at the heart of Finnis's work.
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John Finnis is a pioneer in the development of a new yet classically-grounded theory of natural law. His work offers a systematic philosophy of practical reasoning and moral choosing that addresses the great questions of the rational foundations of ethical judgments, the identification of moral norms, human agency, and the freedom of the will, personal identity, the common good, the role and functions of law, the meaning of justice, and the relationship of morality and politics to religion and the life of faith. The core of Finnis' theory, articulated in his seminal work Natural Law and Natural Rights, has profoundly influenced later work in the philosophy of law and moral and political philosophy, while his contributions to the ethical debates surrounding nuclear deterrence, abortion, euthanasia, sexual morality, and religious freedom have powerfully demonstrated the practical implications of his natural law theory.
This volume, which gathers eminent moral, legal, and political philosophers, and theologians to engage with John Finnis' work, offers the first sustained, critical study of Finnis' contribution across the range of disciplines in which rational and morally upright choosing is a central concern. It includes a substantial response from Finnis himself, in which he comments on each of their 27 essays and defends and develops his ideas and arguments.
"[I]n and after his seminal Natural Law and Natural Rights (Oxford University Press, 1980), Finnis has developed a moral theory of great range and depth, which in its systematicity and challenging engagement with both applied ethical issues and the philosophy of action counts as one of the most significant contributions to normative theory in the late twentieth century. Given this, his work deserves far more attention from philosophers - something this [impressive] Festchrift does much to facilitate."
Table of Contents:
Editors' Preface
Introduction: The Achievement of John Finnis
Reasons, Goods, and Principles
Value: A Menu of Questions
Finnis on Well-being
Reasoning about the Human Good, and the Role of the Public Philosopher
On the Most Fundamental Principle of Morality
What is Natural Law Like?
Intentions in Action
Intention and Side-effects: John Finnis and Elizabeth Anscombe
Intention and Side-effects: The mens rea for Murder
John Finnis on Thomas Aquinas on Human Action
On Moral Philosophy and Kinds of Human Actions
Justice, Rights, and Wrongdoing
Finnis on Justice
Retributivism in the Spirit of Finnis
The Nature of Limited Government
Pure Perfectionism and the Limits of Paternalism
"Lawful mercy" in Measure for Measure
The basis for being a subject of rights: the natural law position
Constitutional and Other Persons
Bioethics after Finnis
A New Father for the Law and Ethics of Medicine
Philosophy of Law
Value, Practice and Idea
The Irony of Law
Ideas of Easy Virtue
Law and its theory: a Question of Priorities
Finnis on Legal and Moral Obligation
Constitutional Principle in the Laws of the Commonwealth
Intention and the Allocation of Risk
Philosophy, Religion, and Public Reasons
The Right to Religious Liberty and the Coercion of Belief: A Note on Dignitatis Humanae
Natural Law and the Transcendent Source of Human Fulfillment
Reflections and Responses
Responses
Bibliography of the Published Works of John Finnis
