Natural Law, Liberalism, and Morality: Contemporary Essays

Natural law, Liberalism and Morality brings together leading defenders of natural law and liberalism for a series of frank and lively exchanges touching upon critical issues of contemporary moral and political theory. The book is an outstanding example of the fruitful engagement of traditions of thought about fundamental matters of ethics and justice.

1. Is Natural Law Theory Compatible with Limited Government? ; 2. Against the Old Sexual Morality of the New natural Law ; 3. Is Modern Liberalism Compatible with Limited Government?: The Case of Rawls ; 4. John Rawls's New Conception of the Problem of Limited Government: Reply to Michael Zuckert ; 5. Judgemental Toleration ; 6. Liberty and Trust ; 7. Being Worthy of Trust: A Response to Joseph Raz ; 8. Getting Normative: The Role of Natural Rights in Constitutional Adjudication ; 9. The Illegitimacy of Appeals to Natural Law in Constitutional Interpretation ; 10. The Moral Point of View ; 11. Lloyd Weinreb's Problems with Natural Law ; 12. Good Without God ; 13. 'Deus sive Natura': Must Natural Lawyers Choose? ; 14. God's Natural Laws ; Index