Natural Right and HistoryUniversity of Chicago Press, 2013 M12 27 - 336 pages In this classic work, Leo Strauss examines the problem of natural right and argues that there is a firm foundation in reality for the distinction between right and wrong in ethics and politics. On the centenary of Strauss's birth, and the fiftieth anniversary of the Walgreen Lectures which spawned the work, Natural Right and History remains as controversial and essential as ever. "Strauss . . . makes a significant contribution towards an understanding of the intellectual crisis in which we find ourselves . . . [and] brings to his task an admirable scholarship and a brilliant, incisive mind."—John H. Hallowell, American Political Science Review Leo Strauss (1899-1973) was the Robert Maynard Hutchins Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus in Political Science at the University of Chicago. |
Contents
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II Natural Right and the Distinction between Facts and Values | 35 |
III The Origin of the Idea of Natural Right | 81 |
IV Classic Natural Right | 120 |
V Modern Natural Right | 165 |
VI The Crisis of Modern Natural Right | 252 |
Index | 324 |
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