JUSTICE, EQUALITY, AND NATURAL RIGHTS CLAIMS: A RECONSIDERATION OF AQUINAS'S CONCEPTION OF RIGHT
According to a widely held view, Aquinas does not have a notion of subjective natural rights, understood as moral powers inhering in individuals. This article argues that this way of reading Aquinas is wrong, or at best, seriously misleading. Aquinas does identify the right, the object of justice, w...
Subtitles: | SYMPOSIUM: CHRISTIANITY AND HUMAN RIGHTS |
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
[2015]
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Journal of law and religion
Year: 2015, Volume: 30, Issue: 3, Pages: 446-460 |
Further subjects: | B
Justice
B Rights B Equality |
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