Right by Nature
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6390357 |
|---|---|
| Authors | James M Rhodes (0000-0003-2845-0364, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1991 |
| Volume | 53 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 318-338 |
| Publication date | 1991-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-3816 • E-ISSN: 1468-2508 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0022381600048349 |
| OpenAlex | W4210857874 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 7 |
There is a real order of human goodness. It is adequately symbolized by Aristotle's concept "right by nature." Its truths are simultaneously absolute and variable, so it lies paradoxically between deontology and relativism. My essay inquires what right by nature is, how there could be universal absolutes that are mutable, and how these things can be known. The first two questions require ontological answers; the symbol right by nature reflects experience of a transcendent ground of being. In principle, this experience is accessible to all, through noetic practical wisdom or common sense, but all do not grasp or heed it, and we need to recover it. To this end, polities must design and supervise an education that habituates citizens in the virtues
Absolute (philosophy · Deontological ethics · Epistemology · GRASP · Order (exchange · Relativism · Sociology · Symbol (formal · Computer Science · Environmental Philosophy and Ethics · Philosophical Ethics and Theory · Philosophy · Political Philosophy and Ethics
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,03 |
| Citation span | 1994 - 1994 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |