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Understanding Natural Law
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as a statement of natural law precepts) in the latter part of the Treatise (especially Q. 100).
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The fact of there being a lawgiver at the foundation of natural law does not imply a
commitment to a “will” theory of law, however. Natural laws are not simply divine commands,nor are they principles antecedent to the deity (see the Corwin quotation above). They areprinciples that are a reflection, in the human rational order, of God’s own being,
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Robert George Making Men Moral (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1993), p. 13.
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See especially Russell Hittinger A Critique of the New Natural Law Theory (University
of Notre Dame Press, 1987) and Ralph McInerney Ethica Thomistica (Catholic University ofAmerica Press, 1982).
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A good account of this can be found in David A. J. Richards "Rights and Autonomy"
Ethics Vol. 92 (1981), pp. 3-20, in which he looks back on earlier liberal thinkers (such asLocke, Kant, and Rousseau) and sees in them the seeds, the "incomplete" forms, of his own morepurified and consistent liberalism.
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as a statement of natural law precepts) in the latter part of the Treatise (especially Q. 100).
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The fact of there being a lawgiver at the foundation of natural law does not imply a
commitment to a “will” theory of law, however. Natural laws are not simply divine commands,
nor are they principles antecedent to the deity (see the Corwin quotation above). They are
principles that are a reflection, in the human rational order, of God’s own being,
18
Robert George Making Men Moral (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1993), p. 13.
19
See especially Russell Hittinger A Critique of the New Natural Law Theory (University
of Notre Dame Press, 1987) and Ralph McInerney Ethica Thomistica (Catholic University of
America Press, 1982).
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A good account of this can be found in David A. J. Richards "Rights and Autonomy"
Ethics Vol. 92 (1981), pp. 3-20, in which he looks back on earlier liberal thinkers (such as
Locke, Kant, and Rousseau) and sees in them the seeds, the "incomplete" forms, of his own more
purified and consistent liberalism.
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