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Natural Law and Natural Rights.

William H. Wilcox, JOHN M. FINNIS

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PART I 1. Evaluation and the Description of Law 2. Images and Objections PART II 3. A Basic Form of Good: Knowledge 4. The Other Basic Values 5. The Basic Requirements of Practical Reasonableness 6. Community, Communities, and Common Good 7. Justice 8. Rights 9. Authority 10. Law 11. Obligation 12. Unjust Laws PART III 13. Nature, Reason, God Postscript

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Key concepts: Natural (archaeology), Natural law, Law, Law and economics, Political science, Philosophy, Sociology, Geography