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What Is The Common Good, And Why Does It Concern The Client's Lawyer?, John M. Finnis
What Is The Common Good, And Why Does It Concern The Client's Lawyer?, John M. Finnis
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Why is anything of real concern to any of us? Because, besides our simply emotional motives, we have reasons for action (which may be supported or opposed by our emotions). What are reasons for action? Some are instrumental, means to further ends: I have reason to start reading this paper to you, and you had reason to come back into the room to hear it. What reasons? Well, doing so is my contribution to this symposium's reflection on its subject-matter. That reflection, in turn, is intended to be instrumental in promoting a wider and deeper understanding of an important set …
Natural Law And The "Is"-"Ought" Question: An Invitation To Professor Veatch, John M. Finnis
Natural Law And The "Is"-"Ought" Question: An Invitation To Professor Veatch, John M. Finnis
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This Article invites Professor Henry Veatch to consider some of Finnis' previous work. Finnis asserts that his work presents "serious questions" for those who interpret Aristotle and Acquinas in the way the Veatch does and invites Veatch to respond.