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Hierarchies of basic goods and sins according to Aquinas’ natural law theory
Aquinas’ natural law theory contains a set of basic goods, such as survival, reproduction and the pursuit of truth. However, whether and how there is a hierarchical relationship among these goods remains disputed. Given the importance of Aquinas’ natural
Lingchang Gui
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Moral judgments and validity of law [PDF]
The paper is devoted to the analysis of A. V. Nekhaev’s arguments, which substantiate the primary moral basis of legal regulations. On the basis of modern discussions in the legal philosophy, the groundlessness of arbitrary transfer of moral judgments
A. B. Didikin
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Critical Study of Western Natural Law Theories in the Second Stage of Its Revival in Postmodern Period [PDF]
Natural law is the main reason of natural human rights. According to its most famous conception, natural law is the commands of practical reason about free human behaviours to arrive at eternal happiness.
Mohammad Hossein Talebi
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Natural Law with and without God [PDF]
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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Pitirim Sorokin’s sociology and German jurisprudence
The article considers the connection between the social-legal theory of P.A. Sorokin and the main directions of the German jurisprudence in the 17th - early 20th century: natural-legal school, historical school, jurisprudence of interests and the theory ...
A. A. Kraevsky
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An Anarcho-Individualistic Remark on Natural Law: Lysander Spooner and His Theory of Law
Lysander Spooner (1808-1887) is an important but oft-neglected figure of 19th-century American political philosophy. He was a lawyer, entrepreneur, and political essayist. Ideologically, he was an individualist anarchist, abolitionist, and an exponent of
Muzaffer Dülger
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The controversy between communitarians and contract theorists as a new scene in the dispute between the natural law theory and legal positivism The Author convinces that the dispute between legal positivism and the natural law theory takes place not ...
Maciej Chmieli
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Eminent domain in the theory of natural law
People in the modern state understand inviolability of property rights as a symbol of personal liberty and democratic state. This symbol is an important element of socialisation of political, economic, and legal systems, even though in real life ...
Aušra Rauličkytė
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Ethiopia’s Criminal Law Evolution from the Perspectives of Major Legal Theories: An Overview
This article reviews the various theories of law applied throughout the modern development of the Ethiopian system of rules from a criminal law perspective. As is elsewhere, the initial influences mainly relate to the natural law theory.
Simeneh Kiros Assefa
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This essay argues in favour of Martin Luther subscribing to the theory of natural law in his theology. An in-depth study of Luther’s views on natural law finds support for Brown’s thesis that Luther’s contribution to the tradition of natural law cannot ...
A. Raath
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