Human Rights, Theology, and Natural Law

人權、博學與自然法

10.7065/MRPC.201209.0015

雷敦龢(Edmund S. J, Ryden)

Catholic Social Teaching ； Foundation of Rights ； God ； Natural Law ； Theology of Rights

哲學與文化

39卷9期（2012 / 09 / 01）

15 - 49

英文

It seems to be widely accepted in academic circles that the natural law is a static, absolute kind of law that has no place in providing a foundation for human rights in the modern world . This paper challenges this assumption. It first presents the arguments of some such critics and then turns to theology 10 see if, in fact, God can indeed serve as a foundation of human rights. Finally, the paper takes a new look atthe natural law, not as portrayed by its critics, but as proposed by the scholastic tradition that is s till at work today. The argument presented here forms part of a broader monograph on the subject of the foundation of rights by the same author.

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