Reason, Morality, and Law: The Philosophy of John Finnis PDF
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REASON, MORALITY, AND LAW This page intentionally left blank Reason, Morality, and Law The Philosophy of John Finnis Editedby JOHN KEOWN AND ROBERT P. GEORGE 1 3 GreatClarendonStreet,Oxford,OX26DP, UnitedKingdom OxfordUniversityPressisadepartmentoftheUniversityofOxford. ItfurtherstheUniversity’sobjectiveofexcellenceinresearch,scholarship, andeducationbypublishingworldwide.Oxfordisaregisteredtrademarkof OxfordUniversityPressintheUKandincertainothercountries #Theseveralcontributors,2013 Themoralrightsoftheauthorshavebeenasserted FirstEditionpublishedin2013 Impression:1 Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproduced,storedin aretrievalsystem,ortransmitted,inanyformorbyanymeans,withoutthe priorpermissioninwritingofOxfordUniversityPress,orasexpresslypermitted bylaw,bylicenceorundertermsagreedwiththeappropriatereprographics rightsorganization.Enquiriesconcerningreproductionoutsidethescopeofthe aboveshouldbesenttotheRightsDepartment,OxfordUniversityPress,atthe addressabove Youmustnotcirculatethisworkinanyotherform andyoumustimposethissameconditiononanyacquirer CrowncopyrightmaterialisreproducedunderClassLicence NumberC01P0000148withthepermissionofOPSI andtheQueen’sPrinterforScotland BritishLibraryCataloguinginPublicationData Dataavailable ISBN 978–0–19–967550–0 PrintedandboundinGreatBritainby CPIGroup(UK)Ltd,Croydon,CR04YY LinkstothirdpartywebsitesareprovidedbyOxfordingoodfaithand forinformationonly.Oxforddisclaimsanyresponsibilityforthematerials containedinanythirdpartywebsitereferencedinthiswork. ’ Editors Preface It is a sign of the high esteem in which John Finnis is held that we had no difficulty securingcontributionsfromthedistinguishedscholarswhoseessaysgracethisvolume inhishonour.(Indeed,wewereintheenviable,albeitawkward,positionofhavingto declineoffersfromotherdistinguishedscholarswhohadgotwindoftheproject.)The essays,whichreflecttheremarkablebreadthofhisscholarlyachievements,rangeacross philosophy of law, moral philosophy, political philosophy, philosophy of religion, constitutionallaw,medical/healthlaw,bioethics,andShakespeare. This,then,isaFestschrift.ButitisnotatypicalFestschrift.Itincludesscholarswho are,moreorless,sympathetictotheideasaboutnaturallawthathehasarticulated,and scholarswhoarecriticalofthoseideas(andinsomecases,ofthenaturallawtradition broadly).Moreover,itwasalwaysourintentiontoinviteJohnFinnistooffersomesort ofresponse,andhekindlyagreed.But,tohissurpriseasmuchasours,his‘Reflections and Responses’ developed into a serious engagement with the main arguments, or otherimportantissuesraised,inalmostalltheessays,andthusintosomethingofthe substantial length we now see. This venture was timely: his Collected Essays, and a second edition of Natural Law and Natural Rights, both of which include important newmaterial,appearedin2011.Contributorstothisvolumehavewrittentheiressays inlightofthosepublications. TheinfluenceofJohnFinnis’swork,especiallyamongyoungerscholars,isgrowing globally, particularly in the UK and the US. We trust that this volume will promote evengreaterinterestin,andunderstandingof,histhought,notleastbyclarifyingpoints of agreement and disagreement with leading thinkers representing a wide range of perspectives. We end on a very sad note. One of the contributors was to have been a brilliant, youngerscholarofnaturallaw:DrAmandaPerreau-SaussineoftheFacultyofLawin theUniversityofCambridgeandofQueens’College,Cambridge.Amandadiedbefore shecouldcompleteheressay.Requiescatinpace. Acknowledgments Wethankallthose whocontributedessaystothisvolume,andespecially JohnFinnis forhisthoughtfulandhighlydetailedresponsetotheargumentstheypresent.Weare alsogratefultoAlexFlachandNatashaFlemmingofOxfordUniversityPressfortheir helpwiththisvolumefromconceptiontobirth. Oneofus(JK)carriedoutmuchofhisworkonthisvolumewhileaHerbertSmith Visitor in the Faculty of Law at Cambridge University. He is grateful to Herbert Smith and to the Cambridge Law Faculty, not least to David Wills, the Squire Law Librarian.Theother(RPG)workedonthevolumeinPrinceton,hisinstitutionalhome, and at Harvard, where he is a Visiting Professor in the Law School. He is grateful to SherifGirgisandRyanAndersonfortheirhelp. Contents ListofAbbreviations x ListofContributors xi Introduction:TheAchievementofJohnFinnis 1 RobertP.George REASONS, GOODS, AND PRINCIPLES 1. Value:aMenuofQuestions 13 JosephRaz 2. FinnisonWell-being 24 RogerCrisp 3. ReasoningabouttheHumanGood,andtheRoleofthePublicPhilosopher 37 JohnHaldane 4. OntheMostFundamentalPrincipleofMorality 56 JosephBoyle 5. WhatisNaturalLawLike? 73 JeremyWaldron INTENTIONS IN ACTION 6. IntentionandSideEffects:JohnFinnisandElizabethAnscombe 93 LukeGormally 7. IntentionandSideEffects:theMensReaforMurder 109 AnthonyKenny 8. JohnFinnisonThomasAquinasonHumanAction 118 KevinL.FlannerySJ 9. OnMoralPhilosophyandKindsofHumanActions 133 CristóbalOrrego JUSTICE, RIGHTS, AND WRONGDOING 10.FinnisonJustice 151 JohnGardner 11.RetributivismintheSpiritofFinnis 167 MatthewH.Kramer viii Contents 12.TheNatureofLimitedGovernment 186 LeslieGreen 13.PurePerfectionismandtheLimitsofPaternalism 204 ChristopherTollefsen 14.‘LawfulMercy’inMeasureforMeasure 219 JacquelineTasioulasandJohnTasioulas 15.TheBasisforBeingaSubjectofRights:theNaturalLawPosition 236 PatrickLee 16.ConstitutionalandOtherPersons 249 GerardV.Bradley 17.BioethicsafterFinnis 269 (MostRev.)AnthonyFisherOP 18.ANewFatherfortheLawandEthicsofMedicine 290 JohnKeown PHILOSOPHY OF LAW 19.Value,Practice,andIdea 311 N.E.Simmonds 20.TheIronyofLaw 327 TimothyEndicott 21.IdeasofEasyVirtue 346 TimothyMacklem 22.LawandItsTheory:aQuestionofPriorities 361 JulieDickson 23.FinnisonLegalandMoralObligation 379 MarisKöpckeTinturé 24.ConstitutionalPrincipleintheLawsoftheCommonwealth 396 RichardEkins 25.IntentionandtheAllocationofRisk 413 NeilM.Gorsuch PHILOSOPHY, RELIGION, AND PUBLIC REASONS 26.TheRighttoReligiousLibertyandtheCoercionofBelief: ANoteonDignitatishumanae 427 ThomasPink 27.NaturalLawandtheTranscendentSourceofHumanFulfillment 443 GermainGrisez Contents ix REFLECTIONS AND RESPONSES 28.ReflectionsandResponses 459 JohnFinnis BibliographyofthePublishedWorksofJohnFinnis 585 TableofContentsoftheCollectedEssaysofJohnFinnis 595 Index 599
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