Rationalization and natural law: Max Weber's and Ernst Troeltsch's interpretation of the medieval doctrine of natural law. From: The Review of Metaphysics | Date: December 1, 1995| Author: Honnefelder, Ludger | COPYRIGHT 1995 Philosophy Education Society, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Substantial corrections are needed in Max Weber's and Ernst Troeltsch's analysis of the role of natural law in the rationalization of Christianity during the Middle Ages, but their basic insight is valuable. Weber and Troeltsch suggest that adaptation of the Stoic concept of natural law allowed Christianity to mediate between the world-denying tendencies in the gospel and worldly norms. Corrections relate to the role of natural law in Thomas Aquinas, the autonomy of practical reason, the rela...

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