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NATURAL LAW REVIVALS: A REVIEW OF RECENT LITERATURE

NATURAL LAW REVIVALS: A REVIEW OF RECENT LITERATURE Recent literature on the natural law exhibits a broad spectrum of positions. There is critique of a methodological atheism and appeal for a more theocentric approach. On the other hand, there is praise for a common language supposedly equally accessible to both secularists and theists. There is a Catholic voice advocating a recovery of biblical natural law, and there is a Protestant Evangelical voice appealing for a permanent philosophy for engagement in public debate. On one view, the lack of agreement and the persistence of certain moral disputes is not counted as evidence against the universal validity of the natural law, while another considers the fact of persistent disagreement as coherent with a cultural pluralism and a denial that natural law provides a universally valid morality. Integration of this complexity is attempted using Lonergan's distinction between operations and principles, and MacIntyre's reconstruction of natural law as the preconditions for rational enquiry across boundaries. Intractable Disputes about the Natural Law is the title of a recent collection devoted to debating Alasdair MacIntyre's views on the natural law. This is just one of many volumes published in recent years addressing the topic of the natural law, and the variety of http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The Heythrop Journal Wiley

NATURAL LAW REVIVALS: A REVIEW OF RECENT LITERATURE

RIORDAN, PATRICK
The Heythrop Journal , Volume 51 (2) – Jan 1, 2010
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1468-2265
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10.1111/j.1468-2265.2010.00563.x
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Recent literature on the natural law exhibits a broad spectrum of positions. There is critique of a methodological atheism and appeal for a more theocentric approach. On the other hand, there is praise for a common language supposedly equally accessible to both secularists and theists. There is a Catholic voice advocating a recovery of biblical natural law, and there is a Protestant Evangelical voice appealing for a permanent philosophy for engagement in public debate. On one view, the lack of agreement and the persistence of certain moral disputes is not counted as evidence against the universal validity of the natural law, while another considers the fact of persistent disagreement as coherent with a cultural pluralism and a denial that natural law provides a universally valid morality. Integration of this complexity is attempted using Lonergan's distinction between operations and principles, and MacIntyre's reconstruction of natural law as the preconditions for rational enquiry across boundaries. Intractable Disputes about the Natural Law is the title of a recent collection devoted to debating Alasdair MacIntyre's views on the natural law. This is just one of many volumes published in recent years addressing the topic of the natural law, and the variety of

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