{"id":10106475577638,"title":"The Idea and Importance of Natural Law: Fifty Questions and Answers","handle":"the-idea-and-importance-of-natural-lawl-fifty-questions-and-answers","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0798\/5689\/files\/Stone_Tower_100x100.png?v=1546616956\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(68, 100, 66);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor J. Daryl Charles\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(68, 100, 66);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN 9798991983112\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(68, 100, 66);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages 328\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eF\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eor centuries, philosophers, political theorists, jurists, theologians, and other thinkers have proposed, discussed, debated the idea of natural law. Proceeding from an assumption of a shared nature in all human beings, irrespective of culture or location, natural law proponents contend that based on human intuition and reasoning, there is a universal knowledge of the shared nature. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoBodyText\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn a detailed but easy-to-follow format natural law proponent \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJ. Daryl Charles presents 50 questions and answers regarding the idea of natural law. Discussions include:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"BullletedText\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHow is natural law defined?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"BullletedText\"\u003e\n\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhere do we find evidence of the natural law?\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"BullletedText\"\u003e\n\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhy is the natural law important?\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"BullletedText\"\u003e\n\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhat is the relationship between the natural law and human rights?\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"BullletedText\"\u003e\n\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhat is the relationship between the natural law and world religions?\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"BullletedText\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhat is the natural law important to politics?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"BullletedText\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhat are the standard objections to the natural law?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"BodyTextNoIndent\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEach question and answer is presented with thorough documentation giving readers the ability to pursue further specific questions of interest.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(68, 100, 66);\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor Bio: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJ. DARYL CHARLES, PHD,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is an affiliate scholar of the John Jay Institute and serves as a contributing editor of \u003ci\u003eProvidence: A Journal of Christianity and American Foreign Policy \u003c\/i\u003eand the journal \u003ci\u003eTouchstone\u003c\/i\u003e. He has written more than twenty books on issues of natural law, justice, religion, war, ethics, and public policy.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2025-04-30T16:29:56-04:00","created_at":"2025-04-30T16:29:56-04:00","vendor":"Stone Tower Press","type":"Book","tags":["J. 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Daryl Charles\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(68, 100, 66);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN 9798991983112\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(68, 100, 66);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages 328\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eF\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eor centuries, philosophers, political theorists, jurists, theologians, and other thinkers have proposed, discussed, debated the idea of natural law. Proceeding from an assumption of a shared nature in all human beings, irrespective of culture or location, natural law proponents contend that based on human intuition and reasoning, there is a universal knowledge of the shared nature. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoBodyText\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn a detailed but easy-to-follow format natural law proponent \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJ. Daryl Charles presents 50 questions and answers regarding the idea of natural law. Discussions include:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"BullletedText\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHow is natural law defined?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"BullletedText\"\u003e\n\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhere do we find evidence of the natural law?\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"BullletedText\"\u003e\n\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhy is the natural law important?\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"BullletedText\"\u003e\n\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhat is the relationship between the natural law and human rights?\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"BullletedText\"\u003e\n\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhat is the relationship between the natural law and world religions?\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"BullletedText\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhat is the natural law important to politics?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"BullletedText\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhat are the standard objections to the natural law?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"BodyTextNoIndent\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEach question and answer is presented with thorough documentation giving readers the ability to pursue further specific questions of interest.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(68, 100, 66);\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor Bio: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJ. DARYL CHARLES, PHD,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is an affiliate scholar of the John Jay Institute and serves as a contributing editor of \u003ci\u003eProvidence: A Journal of Christianity and American Foreign Policy \u003c\/i\u003eand the journal \u003ci\u003eTouchstone\u003c\/i\u003e. He has written more than twenty books on issues of natural law, justice, religion, war, ethics, and public policy.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e"}

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Many observers, political leaders, and military analysts believed that the invasion would lead to the quick defeat and capitulation by the Ukrainian government and military. Those expectations were wrong.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Text\"\u003e In a series of 17 essays in the first half of the book, published during the course of the war and brought together in this volume, J. Daryl Charles writes of the moral and ethical aspects of the war as well as its political dimensions and meaning for the West. In the second half of the book he considers the conflict through the lens of the just war tradition and argues that the defense of Ukraine is a moral and military obligation of the West.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Text\"\u003e Measured and thought-provoking, the author provides readers much to consider with respect to war in Ukraine and war in the twenty-first century. 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