The Normativity of the Natural: Human Goods, Human Virtues, and Human Flourishing (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9789048184873)

Acknowledgement; Mark J. Cherry / The Normativity of the Natural: Can Philosophers Pull Morality out of the Magic Hat of Human Nature? Section I; Thomistic Foundations: Natural Law Theory, Synderesis and Practical Reason;Christopher Tollefsen / Human Nature and Its Limits; Angela McKay / Synderesis, Law, and Virtue; Patrick Lee / Human Nature and Moral Goodness; Jack Green Musselman / Natural Law for Teaching Ethics: An Essential Tool and not a Seamless Web Section II; Human Goods and HUMAN FLOURISHING: Revitalizing a Fallen Moral Culture; Douglas Henry / Quid Ipse Sis Nosse Desisti; Anthony Giampietro / Preparation for the Cure; William Zanardi / Diagnosing Cultural Progress and Decline; Section III; The Malleability of Human Nature; Roberta Berry / The Natural Law and Germ-line Genetic Engineering; Stephen Erickson / Reflections on Secular Foundationalism and Our Human Future; Peter Wake / Nature as Second Nature: Plasticity and Habit; Section IV; The Challenge of Deriving an Ought from an Is; Ian Nyberg / Can Moral Norms Be Derived from Nature? The Incompatibility of Natural Scientific Investigation and Moral Norm Generation; Stephen Hanson / Moral Acquaintances and Natural Facts in the Darwinian Age; Notes on Contributors; Index

Author: Mark J. Cherry
ISBN-10: 9048184878
ISBN-13: 9789048184873
Publisher: Springer
Language: English
Published: 10/28/2010
Pages: 230
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.51d