Aquinas's Theory of Natural Law: An Analytic Reconstruction

by Anthony J. Lisska

Book Overview

This new critique of Aquinas's theory of natural law presents an incisive, new analysis of the central themes and relevant texts in the Summa Theologiae which became the classical canon for natural law. Professor Lisska discusses Aquinas's view of ethical naturalism within the context of the contemporary revival and recovery of Aristotelian ethics, arguing that Aquinas is fundamentally Aristotelian in the foundations of his moral theory. The book...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198269676
• ISBN13: 9780198269670
• Release Date: February 1998
• Publisher: Clarendon Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.3" x 8.4"