THE IDEA OF NATURAL RIGHTS: STUDIES ON NATURAL RIGHTS, NATURAL LAW, AND CHURCH LAW, 1150-1625.(Review)

From: Theological Studies | Date: December 1, 1998| Author: KEENAN, JAMES F. | Copyright information

THE IDEA OF NATURAL RIGHTS: STUDIES ON NATURAL RIGHTS, NATURAL LAW, AND CHURCH LAW, 1150-1625. By Brian Tierney. Emory University Studies in Law and Religion. Atlanta: Scholars, 1997, Pp. xi + 380. $24.95

Alarmed by the uncoupling of rights talk from corresponding responsibilities talk, several scholars are challenging the legitimacy of the concept of natural rights. Some, like Alasdair MacIntyre, have gone so far as to call them nothing more than "fictions." These autho...

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