Keywords
liberalism, conservatism, David Hume, Ronald Dworkin, John Rawls, legal theory, political theory, moral theory, rule of law
Abstract
The efforts of liberal political theorists like John Rawls and Ronald Dworkin to identify principles and rights based on moral truth as authoritative bases for law and politics ignore the insight of Hume and other conservative theorists that the moral possibilities of human nature generally are limited and are in turn limiting on what can be accomplished, from a moral point of view, through law and politics.
BYU ScholarsArchive Citation
Reynolds, Noel B., "Liberal Political Theory and the Rule of Law" (1986). Faculty Publications. 1468.
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/facpub/1468
Document Type
Presentation
Publication Date
1986-04-03
Permanent URL
http://hdl.lib.byu.edu/1877/3374
Language
English
College
Family, Home, and Social Sciences
Department
Political Science
Copyright Status
Noel B. Reynolds is the author and holds the copyright. This paper was presented by invitation to the Faculty Seminar of the Political Science Department of the University of Birmingham.
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