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Contents 8 Foreword by Steven J. Jensen 12 Acknowledgments 16 A Note on Abbreviations and Citations 18 Introduction 22 1. Human Dignity 26 A Case of Murder 26 Ethical Relativism 28 Egoism vs. Altruism 30 The Common Good 33 Human Dignity 34 The Cause of Human Dignity 37 Conclusion 39 2. Finality in Nature 40 Finality in Aristotle and Contemporary Science 41 The Limitations of the Scientific Method 43 Are Living Things Machines? 46 Nature Acts for an End 49 Two Objections 50 Conclusion 53 3. Happiness 54 Opinions about Happiness 55 The Definition of Happiness 56 Happiness and Other Human Goods 62 The Possibility of Happiness in the Present Life 66 4. Virtue 69 What Is Virtue? 69 Moral and Intellectual Virtues 72 The Moral Virtues Discussed by Aristotle 73 The Virtues of Self-Control 73 The Social Virtues 75 Justice 76 Prudence 78 Friendship 79 Beyond the Nicomachean Ethics 83 Virtue Ethics and Natural Law Ethics 84 5. The Natural Law 87 The Definition of Law 88 The Definition of Law Applied to the Natural Law 90 The Primacy of the Common Good 94 The Dependence of Human Law on the Natural Law 100 Deriving Human Laws from the Natural Law 102 The Content of the Natural Law 103 Natural G

Author

Richard Berquist (Author),Steven J. Jensen (Foreword)

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