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Natural and divine law: reclaiming the tradition..

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Porter makes an interesting tie between the applicability of natural law theory to contemporary work in evolutionary biology both of which hold the existence of stable natures with an inherent telos. She defends natural law against those who claim any such theory must be based solely on reason to the exclusion of Sacred Scripture or revealed truth insofar as Scripture sees creation as consonant with reason or Divine Wisdom, thereby imposing no conflict. On the other hand she defends natural law theory against those from the nominalist, Lutheran, Kantian, Barthian - Protestant - mindset who see no conection between creation and moral order and who therefore insist reference to creation or the created order has no place in the formulation of ethical principles. She also defends natural law against certain contemporary ethicists who claim reliance upon reason may lead to a legitimization of prejudice or the dehumanization of certain groups of people.

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241.2 POR n

Z. HANDIMAN

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241.2 POR n

Publisher

Michigan : Wm.B Eerdmans., 1999

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340p.; 24 cm

Language

English

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978-0-8028-4697-6

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241.2

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LAW - CHRISTIANITY

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