"In this ground-breaking book, Steven Forde argues that John Locke's devotion to modern science deeply shaped his moral and political philosophy. Beginning with an account of the classical approach to natural and moral philosophy, and of the medieval scholasticism that took thes…
"In this ground-breaking book, Steven Forde argues that John Locke's devotion to modern science deeply shaped his moral and political philosophy. Beginning with an account of the classical approach to natural and moral philosophy, and of the medieval scholasticism that took thes…
What is the source of rights? Rights have been grounded in divine agency, human nature, and morally justified claims, and have been used to assess the moral status of legal and customary social practices. The orthodoxy is that some of our rights are a species of unrecognized or …
Im 17. Jahrhundert bot das Natur- und Völkerrecht die erste Theorie des modernen Staates. Wie sah es aber aus, bevor es in die Geschichte der neuzeitlichen Staatlichkeit mitaufgenommen wurde? In der Topologie des frühneuzeitlichen Wissens wurde das ius naturae als ein gemeinsame…
Die Geschichte des modernen politischen Denkens ist zum großen Teil die Geschichte des Naturrechts, das dem neuzeitlichen Staat seine erste rationale Begründung lieferte. Dennoch ist das Naturrecht viel älter und geht auf die Antike zurück. Wie sah es im 16. Jahrhundert aus, bev…
"In this book, Kenneth Westphal offers an original interpretation of Hegel's moral philosophy. Building on his previous study of the role of natural law in Hume's and Kant's accounts of justice, Westphal argues that Hegel developed and justified a robust form of civic republican…
"The Law of Nations and Natural Law 1625-1800 offers innovative studies on the development of the law of nations after the Peace of Westphalia. This period was decisive for the origin and constitution of the discipline which eventually emancipated itself from natural law and bec…
"The Law of Nations and Natural Law 1625-1800 offers innovative studies on the development of the law of nations after the Peace of Westphalia. This period was decisive for the origin and constitution of the discipline which eventually emancipated itself from natural law and bec…