Abstract
This article examines the thought and influence of Jacques Maritain, specifically his application of Traditional Natural Law (TNL) theory to the vexing challenge of what makes universal human rights universal. The author shows how TNL satisfies the preconditions for the “universality factor” needed for making human rights truly universal where rival theories such as legal positivism, New Natural Law, and Empirical Natural Law fall short.
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Wallace, Jeremy M.
(2023)
"On Making “Universal Human Rights” Universal: The Intelligibility of Human Rights in Jacques Maritain’s Natural Law Theory,"
Spiritus: ORU Journal of Theology: Vol. 8:
No.
1, Article 6.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.31380/2573-6345.1295
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