Natural Law and Evolutionary Conservatism
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
6-2005
Abstract
This article reports that what is natural is morally authoritative. Researcher James Fitzjames Stephen thinks that what is natural is, in some sense, morally good. However, researcher Janet Radcliffe Richards disagrees, and argues that Stephen's view is a relic of an antiquated metaphysics that should have perished in the wake of a Darwinian understanding of the world. The author opines that Radcliffe Richards neglects a more reasonable way of developing a conservative, natural law position which, while perhaps not clearly articulated by Stephen himself, is similar enough in both methodology and output to warrant one's attention.
Digital USD Citation
Zwolinski, Matt, "Natural Law and Evolutionary Conservatism" (2005). Philosophy: Faculty Scholarship. 15.
https://digital.sandiego.edu/philosophy_facpub/15