The Cambridge Companion to Natural Law Ethics Cambridge Companions to Philosophy Series

Natural law ethics centres on the idea that ethical norms derive from human nature. The field has seen a remarkable revival since the millennium, with new work in Aristotelian metaphysics complementing innovative applied work in bioethics, economics and political theory. Starting with three chapters on the history of natural law ethics, this volume moves on to various twentieth-century theoretical innovations in the tradition, and then to natural law as embedded in the three Abrahamic faiths. It closes with sections on applied natural law ethics and the challenges and prospects for natural law ethics in the twenty-first century. Uniquely interdisciplinary and written without technical jargon, the book will be of great interest to students and researchers in philosophy, theology, political theory and economics. They will find this the go-to resource for cutting-edge thinking in natural law ethics.

Introduction Tom Angier; Part I. The History of Natural Law Ethics: 1. The stoics Philipp Brüllmann; 2. Thomas Aquinas Steven Jensen; 3. Grotius and Pufendorf Johan Olsthoorn; Part II. The Revival of Natural Law Ethics: 4. The new natural law theory Patrick Lee; 5. Neo-Aristotelian ethical naturalism Jennifer Frey; Part III. Natural Law Ethics and Religion: 6. Natural law in Judaism Tamar Rudavsky; 7. Natural law in Catholic Christianity Tracey Rowland; 8. Natural law in Protestant Christianity Jennifer Herdt; 9. Natural law in Islam Anver Emon; Part IV. Applied Natural Law Ethics: 10. Bioethics and natural law Jacqueline Laing; 11. Economics and natural law Samuel Gregg; 12. Political theory and natural law Christopher Wolfe; Part V. Natural Law Ethics: Challenges and Prospects: 13. Challenges facing natural law ethics Sophie Grace Chappell; 14. Natural law ethics and the revival of Aristotelian metaphysics Edward Feser; 15. Prospects for natural law ethics in the twenty-first century Tom Angier; Works cited; Index.

Tom Angier is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Cape Town. In addition to many journal papers, his recent publications include two edited volumes: Virtue Ethics (2018) and The History of Evil (2018). He is the author of Natural Law Theory in Cambridge's Elements in Ethics series (Cambridge, forthcoming).