In Making Men Moral, his 1995 book, George questioned the central doctrines of liberal jurisprudence and political theory. In his new work he extends his critique of liberalism, and also goes beyond it to show how contemporary natural law theory provides a superior way of thinking about basic problems of justice and political morality. Students as well as scholars in law, political science, and philosophy will find George's arguments stimulating, challenging, and compelling.

• Introduction


• Part 1 Theoretical Issues


• 1: A Defense of the New Natural Law Theory


• 2: Recent Criticism of Natural Law Theory


• 3: Natural Law and Human Nature


• 4: Does the Incommensurabiltiy Thesis Imperil Common Sense Moral Judgements?


• 5 Natural Law and Positive Law


• 6 Free Choice, Practical Reason and Fitness for the Rule of Law


• Part 2 Moral and Political Questions


• 7: Religious Liberty and Political Morality


• 8: Marriage and the Liberal Imagination


• 9: What Sex Can Be: Alienation, Illusion, or One-Flesh Union




• 11: Public Reason and Political Conflict: Abortion and Homosexual Acts


• 12: Natural Law and International Order


• Part 3 Dialectical Engagement


• 13: Moral Particularism, Thomism, and Traditions


• 14: Hu man Flourishing as a Criterion of Morality: A Critique of Percy's Naturalism


• 15: Nature, Morality and Homosexuality


• 16: Can Sex be Reasonable?


• 17: Moralistic Liberalism and Legal Moralism


• 18: Law, Democracy, and Moral Disagreement


• Index

Robert George is a Professor in the Politics Department at Princeton University. He is the author and editor of many academic texts and journals and is a presidential appointee to the US Commission on Civil Rights.