Overview
- Argues that the West ought not to defect from Modernity’s core commitments
- Covers electoral regimes and judicial procedure, banking regulations and the ethics of a modern civil service
- Motivated by a distinct philosophy of modernity termed natural law liberalism
Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Ethics and Public Policy (PASEPP)
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Keywords
- Populism
- Liberalism
- Democracy
- Modernity
- Natural Law
About this book
This book examines modernity itself. A single overarching policy recommendation is defended, namely, that the West ought not to defect from modernity’s core commitments to the sciences, market economics and liberal democracy despite the litany of complaints that have been, and continue to be levelled against it. But in addition to this overarching recommendation, numerous policy suggestions are made. The reader will find discussions as wide-ranging as electoral regimes and judicial procedure, banking regulations and the ethics of a modern civil service. What binds these disparate subsidiary recommendations together is that they are designed to meet the challenges facing modernity while remaining true to its core commitments. These subsidiary policy recommendations, in turn, are not developed in an ad hoc manner, but are themselves motivated by a distinct philosophy of modernity which is termed natural law liberalism.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Natural Law Liberalism and the Malaise of Modernity
Authors: Stephen Boulter
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in Ethics and Public Policy
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2024
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-59736-7Due: 20 September 2024
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-59739-8Due: 20 September 2024
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-59737-4Due: 20 September 2024
Series ISSN: 2946-2738
Series E-ISSN: 2946-2746
Edition Number: 1