Natural law
Subtitle: reflections on theory and practice
By: Jacques Maritain ; edited and introduced by William Sweet.
Contributors: Sweet, William.
Publisher: St. Augustine's Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: South Bend, Ind
Language: eng
Number of pages: 106
Subjects: Human rights; Natural law
Description: "Can there be universal moral principles in a culturally and religiously diverse world? Are such principles provided by a theory of natural law? Jacques response to both questions is "yes."".

"These essays, selected from the writings of one of the most influential philosophers of the past hundred years, provide a clear statement of Maritain's theory of natural law and natural rights. Maritain's ethics and political philosophy occupies a middle ground between the extremes of individualism and collectivism.

Written during a period when cultural diversity and pluralism were beginning to have an impact on ethics and politics, these essays provide a defense of natural law and natural right that continues to be timely."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 99-104) and index.
Table of contents: title: On knowledge through connaturality; title: The ontological and epistemological elements; title: Of natural law; title: Natural law and natural rights; title: Natural rights.