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Article: Rationalization and natural law: Max Weber's and Ernst Troeltsch's interpretation of the medieval doctrine of natural law.
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- The Review of Metaphysics
- Article date:
- December 1, 1995
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In Max Weber's And Ernst Troeltsch's interpretation of the religious and social development of Western civilization, the concept of natural law has a pivotal role. Weber's thesis runs as follows: In the reception and transformation of the Stoics's concept of natural law the Christian faith finds the key that makes it possible to mediate between the originally world-denying claims of the gospel and the "norms of the world."(1) Since natural law must be regarded as having "the purest type of normative rational validity,"(2) its prevalence is of central importance for the rationalization that is linked to the Christian faith.
The backdrop for this thesis is provided ...
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