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Book Reviews, Kevin M. Clark Reviewer, Charles A. White, Jr. Lieutenant Colonel
Book Reviews, Kevin M. Clark Reviewer, Charles A. White, Jr. Lieutenant Colonel
Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
LEGAL REASONING AND LEGAL THEORY
Philosophers have always questioned the nature of rationality. The history of philosophy appears to many as an ongoing struggle between dogmatism and scepticism, between those who defend the broad scope of reason and those who assert its strict limitation. Concern for the nature of reason has thus become almost synonymous with philosophy. In the past few decades, however, the nature of this concern has changed in a fundamental manner, giving rise to inquiry into the interrelation between different modes of rationality.
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MILITARY OBEDIENCE
Two major characteristics, the concepts of command responsibility and obedience to …
Ideology And History, David F. Forte
Ideology And History, David F. Forte
Law Faculty Articles and Essays
I do not dispute the philosophical validity of the theory of natural rights. Indeed, I support much, if not most, of the principles embodied in that theory. What I wish to discuss is that to which Dr. Vieira claims to have limited his discussion, viz., the belief that history, specifically American constitutional history, provides a sufficient base to support a natural rights theory. His attempt to find historical support is an instructive example of how ideology can distort the data of history and cause it to be portrayed in a strange and unreal light. Beyond that, Vieira's historical method also …