Retrieving the Natural Law: A Return to Moral First Things (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780802825940)

Restating what all people intuit and what this means in moral, specifically bioethical, discourse is theraison d'黎re for this volume. J.瓮aryl Charles argues that a traditional metaphysics of natural law lies at the heart of the present reconstructive project, and that a revival in natural-law thinking is of the highest priority for the Christian community as we contend in, rather than abdicate, the public square.

Nowhere is this more on display than in the realm of bioethics, where the most basic moral questions -- human personhood, human rights versus responsibilities, the reality of moral evil, the basis of civil society -- are being debated. With his timely application of natural-law thinking to the field of bioethics, Charles seeks to breathe new life back into this key debate.

Author: J. Daryl Charles
ISBN-10: 080282594X
ISBN-13: 9780802825940
Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Language: English
Published: 04/14/2008
Pages: 356
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.11lbs
Size: 8.98h x 6.17w x 0.91d

Review Citation(s):
Chronicle of Higher Education 07/25/2008 pg. 17