Flourishing Lives
Exploring Natural Law Liberalism

Elaborates and illustrates a radical version of political and social liberalism rooted in a rich understanding of fulfilment and flourishing.

Gary Chartier (Author)

9781108493048, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 27 June 2019

304 pages
23.4 x 15.8 x 2 cm, 0.57 kg

'… a pleasure to read and a stimulating occasion for one's own reflections … I doubt that many liberals will be persuaded to embrace natural law as a result of reading the book or that many traditional natural lawyers will be moved to endorse Chartier's radical liberalism, but all will be better for the intellectual workout, and many of Chartier's particular arguments deserve a hearing.' V. Bradley Lewis, Ethics

This book elaborates, illuminates, and illustrates a confident and attractive account of social and political liberalism in light of a rich understanding of flourishing and fulfilment rooted in a version of natural law theory. Examining issues in ethics, law, and politics - including consumer responsibility, the assignment of grades by teachers, deception by lawyers, war and empire, and the use of victim-impact statements in parole decisions - Gary Chartier shows how natural law theory can effectively support pluralism, diversity, social equality, integrity, peace, and freedom.

Acknowledgments
About the author
Introduction: Liberals
1. Boycotts
2. Lies
3. Grades
4. Adversaries
5. Lawyers
6. Victims
7. Believers
8. Interventions
9. Anarchists
Conclusion: radicals
Index.

Subject Areas: Jurisprudence & philosophy of law [LAB], Political science & theory [JPA]