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Genevan philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau was one of the most influential figures of the 18th century. His political philosophy has been pointed to as a major contributing factor in causing the French Revolution. Social and economic inequality has been a pervasive element of human existence for the entirety of recorded history. The causes of this inequality are principal to the discussion of political, legal, and economic theory. Rousseau acknowledges...
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In this classic work, Leo Strauss examines the problem of natural right and argues that there is a firm foundation in reality for the distinction between right and wrong in ethics and politics. On the centenary of Strauss's birth, and the fiftieth anniversary of the Walgreen Lectures which spawned the work, Natural Right and History remains as controversial and essential as ever.
"Strauss . . . makes a significant contribution towards an understanding...
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A fascinating examination of the relationship between civilization and inequality from one of history's greatest minds The first man to erect a fence around a piece of land and declare it his own founded civil society-and doomed mankind to millennia of war and famine. The dawn of modern civilization, argues Jean-Jacques Rousseau in this essential treatise on human nature, was also the beginning of inequality. One of the great thinkers of the...
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"We are, all of us, everywhere, always, enmeshed in a web of rules and constraints. Rules fix the beginning and end of the working day and the school year, direct the ebb and flow of traffic on the roads, dictate who can be married to whom and how, place the fork to the right or the left of the plate, lay down the meter and rhyme scheme of a Petrarchan sonnet, and order the rites of birth and death. Cultures notoriously differ as to the content of...
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Si bien el interés por la consideración moral que corresponde a los animales es tan antiguo como la especulación filosófica en Occidente, a partir de los años sesenta y setenta del siglo pasado el mismo ha crecido exponencialmente. Este libro presenta una muestra de la producción teórica desarrollada en este campo desde la filosofía moral liberal, la teoría política, el derecho, los estudios críticos y los feminismos, en un repaso de las...
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This may be the most Important Opinion Letter -- about, A Woman's Right to Choice -- in America's History.
This "Unprintable" A Woman's Right to Choice letter can Scientifically Prove: That, Life begins at birth.
This "Unprintable" opinion letter can also Legally Prove: A Woman's Right to Choice -- over her Own Body. A Woman's Legal Right to have -- a Legal Abortion. If, She Chooses -- to have one. (If, you don't like Abortions -- don't...
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""Many in elite circles yield to the temptation to believe that anyone who disagrees with them is a bigot or a religious fundamentalist. Reason and science, they confidently believe, are on their side. With this book, I aim to expose the emptiness of that belief." --From the introductionAssaults on religious liberty and traditional morality are growing fiercer. Here, at last, is the counterattack.Showcasing the talents that have made him one of America's...
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El ser humano ha olvidado quién es, el Derecho que tiene sobre su cuerpo y el planeta Tierra. Ha olvidado que el universo es prosperidad y abundancia y que es heredero de todo. He vivido bajo esclavitud consentida, aceptando tiranos, amos y líderes que le digan lo que puede o no puede hacer, y cree que es reo de las circunstancias, en vez de dueño de su destino. Ahora puede conocer quién es y el derecho que tiene sobre su propia criatura y sobre...
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Addressed to the common reader as well as specialists in law, this book ties the already recognized framework for constitutional construction, that of political theory, together with human psychology.
It presents a model that systemizes the forces that act upon us, both individually and en masse; it explains why some will embrace a system of principled law while others will prefer a system of arbitrary law; and it explores the qualitative difference...
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La déclaration universelle des droits de l'homme a 70 ans. Et pourtant, chaque jour dans le monde, ses principes sont bafoués : guerres, tortures, famine, misère, exclusion, discriminations... Auxquelles s'ajoutent les problèmes liés à l'environnement et aux réseaux sociaux. Alors que certains dénoncent le "droit-de-l'hommisme" et ses dérives supposées (individualisme, ingérence), l'avocat Guy Aurenche, qui a participé à des procès emblématiques...
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This book addresses the old question of natural law in its contemporary context. David VanDrunen draws on both his Reformed theological heritage and the broader Christian natural law tradition to develop a constructive theology of natural law through a thorough study of Scripture.
The biblical covenants organize VanDrunen's study. Part 1 addresses the covenant of creation and the covenant with Noah, exploring how these covenants provide a foundation...
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Welcome to a journey through time, where the laws were stranger than fiction, the punishments more curious than crime, and the rulers just a little bit mad. Imagine living in a world where your morning coffee could get you executed, your nagging neighbour dunked in a pond, and your cattle fined for strolling down the streets of London. These aren't scenes from a Monty Python sketch—they're the real laws of our past.
History, as it turns out, is...
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Half a century after world leaders signed the UN drug convention and committed to the eradication of illicit drugs, it has become obvious that prohibition did not turn out as planned. Not only have the drug laws failed to deliver us from the problems associated with drug use, but as the disastrous consequences of the drug war have become more apparent, the problematic relationship to human rights law becomes more obvious.
This book spells out these...
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First published around 1573, and known as the "earliest; most trustworthy account" of the Reformation in England. Contains a variety documentation that defies description, like the revelation that proposes Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII's second "wife," was actually his illegitimate daughter. Later finished by Fr. Rishton, the whole ghastly story of the Protestant revolt in England-with all its unsavory characters-is told through 1587 and the murder of Mary...
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An exploration of natural law for an era of deep division: Burgess lays out the long struggle to protect human rights for all citizens.
Dr. King's famous words-"The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice"-rest on the thinking and policy of philosophers and legislators from ancient Greece to the present day.
Douglas R. Burgess Jr.-a broadly published writer and professor of legal history-tells us that important story, from...
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In Search of the Common Good: Guideposts for Concerned Citizens is a sequel to the author's book Citizens of the Broken Compass: Ethical and Religious Disorientation in the Age of Technology. As the title indicates, the work is not, addressed to an academic audience, but rather to a general readership, i.e. to concerned citizens who are interested in thinking through some of the ethical and moral issues facing us today. Still, the book is not a work...
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Edmund Burke claimed to be a practical politician, rather than a theorist. Nevertheless, says the author, Burke held consistent political principles which form a coherent political theory. By examining concepts such as natural laws, natural society, civil society, and history in Burke's speeches and writings, the author comes to some conclusions about Burke's political theory and its relation to commonly accepted eighteenth-century political doctrines....
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The best contemporary English-language resource on pursuing a universal ethics
In this volume, twenty-three major scholars comment on and critically evaluate In Search of a Universal Ethic, the 2009 document written by the International Theological Commission (ITC) of the Catholic Church. That historic document represents an official Church contribution both to a more adequate understanding of a universal ethic and to Catholicism's own tradition...
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Legal Naturalism advances a clear and convincing case that Marx's theory of law is a form of natural law jurisprudence. It explicates both Marx's writings and the idea of natural law, and makes a forceful contribution to current debates on the foundations of law. Olufemi Taiwo argues that embedded in the corpus of Marxist writing is a plausible, adequate, and coherent legal theory. He describes Marx's general concept of law, which he calls "legal...
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Can a person truly be 'trapped' in the wrong body? Can modern medicine really 'reassign' sex? What should our law say on these issues? Anderson offers a balanced approach to the policy issues, a nuanced vision of human embodiment, and a sober and honest survey of the human costs of getting human nature wrong. In doing so, he examines the grim contrast between the media's sunny depiction and the often sad realities of gender-identity struggles. He...
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