Can Natural Laws be Derived from Sociability
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21363175 |
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| Authors | Sean Coyle (0000-0002-3240-5120, University of Birmingham, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 101 |
| Issue | 1091 |
| Pages | 46-66 |
| Publication date | 2020-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | New Blackfriars (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0028-4289 • E-ISSN: 1741-2005 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1111/nbfr.12381 |
| OpenAlex | W2919673096 |
| Language | EN |
The article questions whether it is possible to derive natural laws from human sociability. It examines the work of Aristotle, Augustine and Aquinas, and concludes that there are certain natural laws that can be derived from the social character of human beings. Some of these hold across all societies and at all times (semper et ad semper) whereas others hold only in general but are subject to exceptions (semper sed non ad semper). The article concludes by confronting an anti-social and immoralist challenge to the idea of natural laws of sociability
Character (mathematics) · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Law and economics · Natural (archaeology) · Natural law · Political science · Sociology · Subject (documents) · Computer Science · History · Law · Mathematics · Medieval Philosophy and Theology · Philosophy · Seventeenth-Century Political and Philosophical Thought · Theology and Philosophy of Evil
| Highly cited | No |
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