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The moral conservatism of natural rights

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posted on 2023-06-08, 00:00 authored by Knud Haakonssen
In Natural Law and Civil Sovereignty new research by leading international scholars is brought to bear on a single crucial issue: the role of early modern natural law doctrines in reconstructing the relations between moral right and civil authority in the face of profound religious and political conflict. In addition to providing fresh insights into the hard-fought struggle to legitimate a desacralised civil order, the book also shows the degree to which the legitimacy of the modern secular state remains dependent on this decisive set of developments.

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  • Published

Publisher

Palgrave Macmillan

Page range

27-42

Pages

272.0

Book title

Natural law and civil sovereignty: moral right and state authority in early modern political thought

ISBN

9780333964590

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  • History Publications

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  • No

Peer reviewed?

  • Yes

Editors

David Saunders, Ian Hunter

Legacy Posted Date

2012-02-06

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