First Principles & Natural Law: The Foundations of Political Philosophy

by Hadley Arkes

In Part II of First Principles and Natural Law, Professor Hadley Arkes delves further into the classic connection between morality and law. Indeed, this link between the basis of law and the principles that form the groundwork of moral judgment is very much at play in today’s world, as evidenced in everything from Supreme Court decisions to national policy. Drawing upon the works of such influential philosophers as Immanuel Kant, David Hume, and Thomas Reid, Professor Arkes examines such relevant topics as conscientious objection, the justifications for war and interventions abroad, privacy claims, and abortion.

Genres: Philosophy, Law

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Published September 19, 2012

Reviews

[Bryan · Rating 5 out of 5]

More a lecture than a book. This book made me reflect on my own definitions of right and wrong within a moral framing, rather than what it is that most people seem to want. It is no less necessary in this time (2019), then it was when it was first produced.

[Brian · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a nice, quick listen -- only 4 discs. Other lectures I have gotten were 18.