Natural Law and Human Nature

Course No. 4453 (24 lectures, 30 minutes/lecture)
Taught by Father Joseph Koterski, S.J.
Fordham University
Ph.D., St. Louis University
1. The Philosophical Approach
2. The General Nature of Ethics
3. Law, Nature, Natural Law
4. Principles of Natural Law Theory
5. Greek Ideas of Nature and Justice
6. Aristotle's Clarification of "Nature"
7. Aristotle on Justice and Politics
8. The Stoic Idea of Natural Law
9. Biblical Views of Nature and Law
10. Early Christians, Nature, and Law
11. Roman, Canon, and Natural Law
12. The Thomistic Synthesis
13. Late Medieval and Early Modern Views
14. Hobbes and Locke
15. Natural Law and the Founding Fathers
16. Descartes, Rousseau, and Kant
17. Can Rights Exist Without Natural Law?
18. The Question of Evolution
19. The Paradox of Cultural Relativism
20. The Problem of God
21. Current Applications—Jurisprudence
22. Current Applications—Bioethics
23. Current Applications—Social Ethics
24. The Eternal Return of Natural Law