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...

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Subtitles:SYMPOSIUM: CHRISTIANITY AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Main Author: Porter, Jean 1955- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press [2015]
In: 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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