Natural Law: The Foundation of an Orderly Economic System

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Natural Law: The Foundation of an Orderly Economic System

Author(s): Alberto M. Piedra (Author)

  • Publisher: Lexington Books
  • Publication Date: 28 Nov. 2004
  • Language: English
  • Print length: 220 pages
  • ISBN-10: 0739109499
  • ISBN-13: 9780739109496

Book Description

This innovative book illustrates the value of appeals to a governing, natural law and attendant principles such as the common good, subsidiarity, hierarchy, spiritual welfare, the reciprocity of freedom and authority, and the cultivation of personal moral and intellectual virtue. Natural Law is sure to appeal to all scholars, professionals, and all those interested in the cultivation of personal moral and intellectual virtue.

Editorial Reviews

Review

Piedra”s book is an impressive application of natural law thinking to areas not usually explored by political philosophy such as economic theory, demographics, and globalization. The strong emphasis upon philosophical anthropology and ethics provides the reader with perspective on key issues and theories in economics. The critique of Keynesian economics is particularly illuminating. — John Hittinger, U.S. Air Force Academy

Joseph Schumpeter and Nobel laureate F. A. Hayek correctly pointed out that the tradition of natural law, as presented by the great Late Scholastic authors, gave rise to the development of economic science. By expanding on the richness of the natural law tradition, this book gives new inspiration for an economic system based on sound economics and the dignity of the human person. — Alejandro A. Chafuen, author of Faith and Liberty

Piedra writes in the tradition of Thomas Aquinas, Jacques Maritain, and other Catholic natural law theorists. Libraries serving this audience will want to acquire this book. Recommended.

Alberto Piedra deftly shows why a few old truths can solve many modern problems. His argument for natural law is not a plea for a return to the past, but a demonstration of something that we need if we want a prosperous and authentically humane future. — Robert Royal, Ethics and Public Policy Center

About the Author

Alberto M. Piedra is Professor of Political Economy at The Institute of World Politics.

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