The Social Contract in the Ruins: Natural Law and Government by Consent
Autor Paul R. DeHarten Limba Engleză Hardback – 29 iul 2024
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780826223050
ISBN-10: 0826223052
Pagini: 476
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 43 mm
Greutate: 0.91 kg
Editura: University of Missouri Press
Colecția University of Missouri
ISBN-10: 0826223052
Pagini: 476
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 43 mm
Greutate: 0.91 kg
Editura: University of Missouri Press
Colecția University of Missouri
Recenzii
“Against the grain of almost all political theory of the past seventy-five years or so, DeHart argues that a consent theory of political authority and obligation is not only compatible with a traditional natural law theory of morality, but that the former requires the latter. I found the argument compelling...A masterpiece.”—Nicholas Wolterstorff, Yale University, author of Understanding Liberal Democracy: Essays in Political Philosophy
“Its contributions are striking, original, and important.”—J. Budziszewski, University of Texas at Austin, author of Commentary on Thomas Aquinas’s Treatise on Law
“In this subtle and probing analysis of the core questions of political philosophy, Paul R. DeHart demonstrates convincingly – and contrary to much conventional wisdom – that social contract theory and the principle of government by consent can stand only when built on the foundations of the classical natural-law tradition. The Social Contract in the Ruins is a much-needed intervention in longstanding debates about America’s founding principles.”—Justin Buckley Dyer, University of Texas at Austin, co-author of The Classical and Christian Origins of American Politics: Political Theology, Natural Law, and the American Founding.
“Social-contractarian arguments in Western political philosophy have been around for a long time, even popping up as far back as Plato’s Crito. Modern theorists from Hobbes to Rawls have come to rely upon such arguments to ground their accounts of political legitimacy in the concepts of will and consent. But Paul R. DeHart contends in this vigorously argued and philosophically rich study that the social-contract idea necessarily presupposes the classical understanding of natural law, and is incoherent apart from it. His argument is provocative in the very best sense of the word, and will command the attention of scholars in a variety of fields, and most particular those who are interested in the recovery of natural law in our times.”— Wilfred M. McClay, Hillsdale College, author of Land of Hope: An Invitation to the Great American Story.
“For centuries now, the social contract has been a central concept in political theory. But for much of this time, too little attention has been paid to the nature of this contract and the deeper values underlying it. In The Social Contract in the Ruins, Paul DeHart has brilliantly taken up this question with greater rigor than anyone in recent memory to reveal persuasively that contracts without a substantive or moral anchor are meaningless, logically confused, and even dangerous. This book will not persuade everyone—but it will compel skeptics to confront his powerful arguments and come to terms with their most basic assumptions. —David Lay Williams, DePaul University, author of The Greatest of All Plagues: How Economic Inequality Shaped Political Thought from Plato to Marx
"Paul DeHart, in this remarkable work, has drawn on the breadth of moral and political philosophy, ancient and modern, to find the deepest things that writers thought they could say on government by consent. No one else, in my memory, has subjected these writers to the most demanding logical tests at the very root of their arguments—and exposed the incoherence that undoes some of the most celebrated writings. As DeHart leads us to see, the obligation to obey will find its most coherent, defensible ground in natural law, with its anchoring moral truths.” —Hadley Arkes, Amherst College, author of Mere Natural Law: Originalism and the Anchoring Truths of the Constitution
“Few inquirers delve deeply into questions of how precisely ‘the consent of the governed,’ on its own, could ground political authority. Even fewer like to ask whether varieties of voluntarism and conventionalism allow room for maintaining anything else. Thanks to Paul DeHart for showing that a social contract must rest upon embracing prior law not of our own making.” —Michael Pakaluk, The Catholic University of America, author of Mary’s Voice in the Gospel according to John
“Consent, even though it offers legitimacy to contemporary political orders, is not sufficient. We need reality, the good, and a moral law-giver. DeHart successfully reconnects social contract theory with those things. Let us hope that his account helps kill conventional social contract theory that continues to keep them apart.” —World
“Its contributions are striking, original, and important.”—J. Budziszewski, University of Texas at Austin, author of Commentary on Thomas Aquinas’s Treatise on Law
“In this subtle and probing analysis of the core questions of political philosophy, Paul R. DeHart demonstrates convincingly – and contrary to much conventional wisdom – that social contract theory and the principle of government by consent can stand only when built on the foundations of the classical natural-law tradition. The Social Contract in the Ruins is a much-needed intervention in longstanding debates about America’s founding principles.”—Justin Buckley Dyer, University of Texas at Austin, co-author of The Classical and Christian Origins of American Politics: Political Theology, Natural Law, and the American Founding.
“Social-contractarian arguments in Western political philosophy have been around for a long time, even popping up as far back as Plato’s Crito. Modern theorists from Hobbes to Rawls have come to rely upon such arguments to ground their accounts of political legitimacy in the concepts of will and consent. But Paul R. DeHart contends in this vigorously argued and philosophically rich study that the social-contract idea necessarily presupposes the classical understanding of natural law, and is incoherent apart from it. His argument is provocative in the very best sense of the word, and will command the attention of scholars in a variety of fields, and most particular those who are interested in the recovery of natural law in our times.”— Wilfred M. McClay, Hillsdale College, author of Land of Hope: An Invitation to the Great American Story.
“For centuries now, the social contract has been a central concept in political theory. But for much of this time, too little attention has been paid to the nature of this contract and the deeper values underlying it. In The Social Contract in the Ruins, Paul DeHart has brilliantly taken up this question with greater rigor than anyone in recent memory to reveal persuasively that contracts without a substantive or moral anchor are meaningless, logically confused, and even dangerous. This book will not persuade everyone—but it will compel skeptics to confront his powerful arguments and come to terms with their most basic assumptions. —David Lay Williams, DePaul University, author of The Greatest of All Plagues: How Economic Inequality Shaped Political Thought from Plato to Marx
"Paul DeHart, in this remarkable work, has drawn on the breadth of moral and political philosophy, ancient and modern, to find the deepest things that writers thought they could say on government by consent. No one else, in my memory, has subjected these writers to the most demanding logical tests at the very root of their arguments—and exposed the incoherence that undoes some of the most celebrated writings. As DeHart leads us to see, the obligation to obey will find its most coherent, defensible ground in natural law, with its anchoring moral truths.” —Hadley Arkes, Amherst College, author of Mere Natural Law: Originalism and the Anchoring Truths of the Constitution
“Few inquirers delve deeply into questions of how precisely ‘the consent of the governed,’ on its own, could ground political authority. Even fewer like to ask whether varieties of voluntarism and conventionalism allow room for maintaining anything else. Thanks to Paul DeHart for showing that a social contract must rest upon embracing prior law not of our own making.” —Michael Pakaluk, The Catholic University of America, author of Mary’s Voice in the Gospel according to John
“Consent, even though it offers legitimacy to contemporary political orders, is not sufficient. We need reality, the good, and a moral law-giver. DeHart successfully reconnects social contract theory with those things. Let us hope that his account helps kill conventional social contract theory that continues to keep them apart.” —World
Notă biografică
Paul R. DeHart is Professor of Political Science of Texas State University in San Marcos. He is author of Uncovering the Constitution’s Moral Design (also with the University of Missouri Press) and editor (with Carson Holloway) of Reason, Revelation, and the Civic Order: Political Philosophy and the Claims of Faith (Northern Illinois University Press). He has published articles in journals such as Polity, Critical Review, Locke Studies, Perspectives on Political Science, the Catholic Social Science Review, and National Affairs.