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Article: THE IDEA OF NATURAL RIGHTS: STUDIES ON NATURAL RIGHTS, NATURAL LAW, AND CHURCH LAW, 1150-1625.(Review)
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- Theological Studies
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- December 1, 1998
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THE IDEA OF NATURAL RIGHTS: STUDIES ON NATURAL RIGHTS, NATURAL LAW, AND CHURCH LAW, 1150-1625. By Brian Tierney. Emory University Studies in Law and Religion. Atlanta: Scholars, 1997, Pp. xi + 380. $24.95
Alarmed by the uncoupling of rights talk from corresponding responsibilities talk, several scholars are challenging the legitimacy of the concept of natural rights. Some, like Alasdair MacIntyre, have gone so far as to call them nothing more than "fictions." These authors contend that the origins of natural rights are, in fact, illegitimate; they argue that these rights do not emerge from, do not inhere in, and are not continuous with any long-standing valued ...