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228Teaching Balance, Autonomy, and Solidarity in Law: Law’s Virtues: Fostering Autonomy and Solidarity in American Society (review)Oxford Journal of Law and Religion 34 473-485. 2019.
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430The Conceptions of Self-Evidence in the Finnis Reconstruction of Natural LawSt. Mary's Law Journal 51 (2): 414-470. 2020.Finnis claims that his theory proceeds from seven basic principles of practical reason that are self-evidently true. While much has been written about the claim of self-evidence, this article considers it in relation to the rigorous claims of logic and mathematics. It argues that when considered in this light, Finnis equivocates in his use of the concept of self-evidence between the realist Thomistic conception and a purely formal, modern symbolic conception. Given his respect for the modern pos…Read more
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