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Book SynopsisThis central volume in the Collected Essays brings together John Finnis''s wide-ranging contribution to fundamental issues in political philosophy.The volume begins by examining the general theory of political community and social justice. It includes the powerful and well-known Maccabaean Lecture on Bills of Rights -- a searching critique of Ronald Dworkin''s moral-political arguments and conclusions, of the European Court of Human Rights'' approach to fundamental rights, and of judicial review as a constitutional institution. It is followed by an equally searching analysis of Kant''s thought on the intersection of law, right, and ethics. Other papers in the book''s opening section include an early assessment of Rawls''s A Theory of Justice, foundational discussions of migration rights, national boundaries, and the rights of non-citizens, and a challenging paper on virtue and the constitution. The volume then focuses on central problems in modern political communities, including the p
Table of ContentsHUMAN RIGHTS AND COMMON GOOD: GENERAL THEORY ; JUSTICE AND PUNISHMENT ; WAR AND JUSTICE ; AUTONOMY, EUTHANASIA, AND JUSTICE ; AUTONOMY, IVF, ABORTION, AND JUSTICE ; MARRIAGE, JUSTICE, AND THE COMMON GOOD
