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Record Nr.

UNINA9910789318403321

Autore

Cortest Luis

Titolo

The disfigured face [[electronic resource] ] : traditional natural law and its encounter with modernity / / Luis Cortest

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Fordham University Press, 2008

ISBN

0-8232-3568-8

0-8232-4772-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvii, 136 p. )

Collana

[Moral philosophy and moral theology]

Disciplina

171/.2

Soggetti

Natural law

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Series from jacket.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Thomistic ontology -- Ontological morality and human rights -- The war of the philosophers -- The modern way -- Pope Leo XIII and his legacy -- The survival of tradition.

Sommario/riassunto

Luis Cortest shows how traditional natural law was transformed by thinkers like Locke and Kant into a doctrine compatible with early modern notions of nature and morality. One of the first great debates about moral philosophy took place in 16th-century Spain, as a dispute concerning the humanity of Native Americans.