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Liberty and Nature: Aristotelian Defense of Liberal Order

By Douglas Rasmussen , Douglas Den Uyl

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Publisher
Open Court
Year
1991
ISBN
0812691199, 0812691202
Language
english
Format
PDF
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10 MB (10464082 bytes)
Pages
\275
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2021-05-11 05:21:01

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Liberty and Nature - an Aristotelian Defense of Liberal Order describes the manner in which Aristotle's way of thinking has normally been understood as hostile to modern liberal, pluralistic, and commercial society. In opposition to this prevailing view, the authors set out to show that the Aristotelian approach to ethics supports the natural rights which forms the most secure basis for liberal principles. Prefacep. xi Introductionp. xiii Chapter 1 Gaining a Footholdp. 1 Introductionp. 1 Relativist Attacks on Aristotelianismp. 3 A Formalistic Attack on Aristotelian Ethicsp. 16 A Substantive Rationalist Critique of Aristotelianismp. 19 Chapter 2 In Defense of a Natural-End Ethicsp. 31 Basic Features of an Aristotelian Ethicsp. 32 Aristotelian Essentialism and Cognitive Realismp. 32 Human Nature, Potentiality, and Teleologyp. 33 Human Flourishingp. 36 The Primary Importance of the Personp. 39 Ethics and Politicsp. 40 The Is-Ought Problemp. 41 Facts and Valuesp. 41 The Source of Obligationp. 47 Defining the Good--Part Ip. 51 Defining the Good--Part IIp. 56 Aristotelian Normative Theoryp. 58 A Different Kind of Normative Theoryp. 58 Human Flourishing and Rationalityp. 62 Practical Rationality and Versions of Human Flourishingp. 68 The Importance of Autonomyp. 70 Aristotelian Ethicsp. 75 Chapter 3 Natural Rightsp. 77 The Classification and Characteristics of Rightsp. 78 Part I The Nature of Natural Rightsp. 87 How to Argue for Rightsp. 87 But What Is G?p. 92 Why Rights?p. 96 Why We Have Rightsp. 108 Part II The Natural Right to Private Propertyp. 115 Conclusionp. 128 Chapter 4 Liberty and the Common Goodp. 131 Individuality, Sociality, and the Common Goodp. 132 Unity, Co-operation, and the Common Goodp. 141 The Limits of Social and Political Lifep. 144 Common Enterprisesp. 151 Finnis and the Common Goodp. 155 Ends, Pluralism, and the Common Goodp. 162 Norton and the Common Goodp. 165 Chapter 5 Commercialism, Friendship, and Libertyp. 173 Commerce and Friendshipp. 173 Advantage-Friendshipsp. 174 Commerce and Advantage-Friendshipsp. 179 Civic Friendshipp. 184 Friendship and Contractarianismp. 191 Making use of Procedural Social Contract Theoryp. 193 The Procedural Constitutional Contractp. 198 Buchanan's Theory of Constitutional Contractp. 200 Commercialism, Virtue, and Characterp. 206 Chapter 6 Conclusionp. 221 Notesp. 227 Indexp. 261

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