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Grotius’ theory of natural law [PDF]

Filozofija i Društvo, 2015
After analyzing Grotius’ formulation of the state of nature and natural law, social contract and international law, the author places emphasis on two insights. First, that a certain heuristic principle plays a central role in Grotius’ argument -
Govedarica Jelena
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God, New Natural Law Theory, and Human Rights

Religions, 2021
Critics of the “New” Natural Law (NNL) theory have raised questions about the role of the divine in that theory. This paper considers that role in regard to its account of human rights: can the NNL account of human rights be sustained without a more or ...
Christopher Tollefsen
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Natural Law with and without God [PDF]

Australian Journal of Law & Religion
There is a common perception of natural law theory as characteristically (if not necessarily) theistic. This is sometimes presented as a drawback by secular critics of natural law thinking.
Jonathan Crowe
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A NATURAL LAW THEORY OF MARRIAGE*

Zygon, 2011
.  For the past two decades, I have been developing an integrative Christian marriage theory, based in part on a grounding concept of natural law and an overarching theory of covenant.
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Doğal Yasa ve İlahi Buyruk Teorisi Bir Arada Savunulabilir mi?: John Duns Scotus’un Ahlak Felsefesi

Ankara Üniversitesi İlahiyat Fakültesi Dergisi, 2022
John Duns Scotus’un ahlak felsefesi, Tanrı’nın irade ve kudretine ayırdığı geniş alan dolayısıyla, ilahi buyruk teorisinin klasik bir örneği olarak ele alınır.
Nesim Aslantatar
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Catholicism and the Natural Law: A Response to Four Misunderstandings

Religions, 2021
This article responds to four criticisms of the Catholic view of natural law: (1) it commits the naturalistic fallacy, (2) it makes divine revelation unnecessary, (3) it implausibly claims to establish a shared universal set of moral beliefs, and (4) it ...
Francis J. Beckwith
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The Avicenna’s Contribution to the Natural Law Theory of Aquinas [PDF]

پژوهش تطبیقی حقوق اسلام و غرب, 2015
As discussed by many writers, Natural Law Theory of Aquinas undoubtedly bears a striking affinity with that of Aristotle and also with the Christian theology. This affinity has been followed by neglecting the impact of Islamic philosophy upon Natural Law
Seyed Mohammad Ghari Seyed Fatemi, Majid Nikouei   +1 more
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An Interdisciplinary Inquiry into the Foundations of Trademark Law [PDF]

Interdisciplinary Studies in the Humanities, 2016
The assessment of any legal system, such as trademark law, requires a comprehensive understanding of that system, and this can be made possible only through awareness of the objectives and foundations of that system. This awareness in trademark law helps
Sh. Kasnavi
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Human Life as a Basic Good: A Dialectical Critique [PDF]

Ideas y Valores, 2016
In this article I argue that the fundamental axiological claim of the New Natural Law Theory, according to which human life has an intrinsically valuable, cannot be defended within the framework assumed by the New Natural Law Theory itself, and further ...
Javier Echeñique Sosa
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Natural Law in American Constitutional Theory [PDF]

, 1927
Natural law has had many meanings and diversified interpretations. Whether in the form of jus naturale,the law of nature, the law of reason, lex naturalis,lex aeterna,natural justice, or due process of law; natural law, in the broadest sense, has evolved
Harper, Fowler
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