Flourishing Lives
Exploring Natural Law Liberalism
- Author: Gary Chartier, La Sierra University, California
- Date Published: June 2019
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This book elaborates, illuminates, and illustrates a confident and attractive account of social and political liberalism in light of a rich understanding of flourishing and fulfilment rooted in a version of natural law theory. Examining issues in ethics, law, and politics - including consumer responsibility, the assignment of grades by teachers, deception by lawyers, war and empire, and the use of victim-impact statements in parole decisions - Gary Chartier shows how natural law theory can effectively support pluralism, diversity, social equality, integrity, peace, and freedom.
Read more- Highlights natural law theory's contemporary relevance
- Articulates an understanding of natural law theory supportive of pluralism and diversity
- Illustrates natural law theory by applying it in discussions of contemporary philosophical issues, and social and political concerns
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'Most particularly in an age of illiberal populism, 'liberalism' urgently needs redefinition, away from its bizarre US definition as yet another collectivism. Chartier's brilliant and wide-ranging book defends a new, and old, liberalism in detail. It is, as he says, 'a confident reassertion of liberalism', but willing to listen to the other side, and to consider. His 'radical' liberalism is in fact a modest and reasonable program for a flourishing world of natural-law equals.' Deirdre N. McCloskey, University of Illinois, Chicago
See more reviews'This book is a rich exploration of two strands of natural law theory and how they contribute to flourishing for us all. Linking his preferred natural law view with the broad liberal tradition, Gary Chartier shows how 'natural law liberalism' might shed new light on a wide range of issues.' John Hagel, author of The Power of Pull
'I can't name a higher intellectual priority than reframing and reviving liberalism. Chartier does just this in his humane, learned, and erudite manifesto. His liberalism seeks appealingly to foster the good life and universal ennoblement through voluntary means - in a way consistent with human rights and social harmonies. Read it. Believe it.' Jeffrey A. Tucker, American Institute for Economic Research
'This is a masterful work. Drawing on a version of Aristotelian natural law theory and Scottish Enlightenment insights into spontaneous order, Gary Chartier elaborates a natural law position that supports liberal social and political views. But Chartier takes his arguments in unexpected directions, and in so doing illuminates issues of genuine theoretical and practical significance. In each case, Chartier's analysis helps to elaborate and defend his theoretical framework. Flourishing Lives is philosophy at its best - advancing our understanding of natural law and drawing on this understanding to support timely and provocative conclusions.' James Stacey Taylor, College of New Jersey
'… a pleasure to read and a stimulating occasion for one's own reflections … I doubt that many liberals will be persuaded to embrace natural law as a result of reading the book or that many traditional natural lawyers will be moved to endorse Chartier's radical liberalism, but all will be better for the intellectual workout, and many of Chartier's particular arguments deserve a hearing.' V. Bradley Lewis, Ethics
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17th Oct 2024 by UName-456522
IDEAL FOR THE ASPIRING JURISPRUDENT: NATURAL LAW THEORY REVISITED FOR A NEW AUDIENCE IN 21st CENTURY An appreciation by Elizabeth Robson Taylor of Richmond Green Chambers and Phillip Taylor MBE, Head of Chambers, Reviews Editor, “The Barrister”, and Mediator The word “liberal” has several meanings today both in Britain and in America. Gary Chartier opens his short work with these words: “I explore, illustrate, and seek to illuminate a radical version of liberalism articulated and defended using natural theory”. We get to Kelsen quite quickly although the introduction has a very detailed series of footnotes which it is best to ignore to get an early picture of what Chartier is postulated. He goes on to “elaborate, illuminate, and illustrate a confident and attractive account of social and political liberalism considering a rich understanding of flourishing and fulfilment rooted in a version of natural law theory.” It is a good idea to look at his conclusions from page 279 on “Radicals” where he writes that “a version of radical liberalism articulated and defended using natural law theory can foster flourishing and fulfillment”. From these words you get a general idea of the expansive language Chartier uses throughout! It does keep the attention, though. We found the examination of issues across jurisprudence including ethics, law, and politics of great help when understanding theories of law. In fact, all the things which many students find both difficult and sometimes not to their academic tastes are here. However, the author does include more interesting aspects of study reviewing consumer responsibility, the assignment of grades by teachers, deception by lawyers, war and empire, and the use of victim-impact statements in parole decisions to name but a few! Chartier main purpose, we believe, is with his submissions on how natural law theory can “effectively support pluralism, diversity, social equality, integrity, peace, and freedom”. It’s quite a wide area although any student of legal theory will know how complex the subject matter can be in the modern age. The author also covers these areas of study including a highlighting of natural law theory's “contemporary relevance” – a relief to many, we assure you. Chartier gives us a modern understanding of natural law theory supportive of pluralism and diversity today so if you want a “first” get this book. There is also a useful series of illustrations of how natural law theory by applying it in discussions of contemporary philosophical issues and social and political concerns which will have some use for the general reader embarking on a study of philosophy. The hardback book was first published on 19th June 2019. It is also available as an ebook.
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- Date Published: June 2019
- format: Adobe eBook Reader
- isbn: 9781108668903
- availability: This ISBN is for an eBook version which is distributed on our behalf by a third party.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
About the author
Introduction: Liberals
1. Boycotts
2. Lies
3. Grades
4. Adversaries
5. Lawyers
6. Victims
7. Believers
8. Interventions
9. Anarchists
Conclusion: radicals
Index.
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