Aristotle and natural law
Tony Burns
Continuum
Aristotle and Natural Law lays out a new theoretical approach which distinguishes between the notions of ''interpretation, '' ''appropriation, '' ''negotiation'' and ''reconstruction'' of the meaning of texts and their component concepts. These categories are then deployed in an examination of the role which the concept of natural law is used by Aristotle in a number of key texts. The book argues that Aristotle<span> appropriated the concept of natural law, first formulated by the defenders of naturalism in the ''nature versus convention debate'' in classical Athens. Thereby he contributed to the emer.</span>    <span>&nbsp;<span>Read more...</span></span>