Lexington Books
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Trim: 6 x 9
978-0-7391-0949-6 • Paperback • November 2004 • $54.99 • (£42.00)
978-0-7391-5807-4 • eBook • November 2004 • $52.00 • (£40.00)
Alberto M. Piedra is Professor of Political Economy at The Institute of World Politics.
1 Chapter I: Natural Law and the Age of Reason
2 Chapter II: Human Nature and the Dignity of the Human Person
3 Chapter III: The Classical School and the Birth of Capitalism
4 Chapter IV: The Romantic and Socialist Reactions to the Industrial Revolution
5 Chapter V: Neoclassicism, the Keynesian Revolution and Other Sources of Dissent
6 Chapter VI: The Metaphysical Dimensions of Man: Their Ethical Implications
7 Chapter VII: The Fundamental Issue of Human Work
8 Chapter VIII: Population, the Welfare State, and the Challenge of the Environment
9 Chapter IX: The Challenge of Globalization
10 Epilogue
Piedra's book is an impressive application of natural law thinking to areas not usually explored by political philosophy such as economic theory, demographics, and globalization. The strong emphasis upon philosophical anthropology and ethics provides the reader with perspective on key issues and theories in economics. The critique of Keynesian economics is particularly illuminating.
— John Hittinger, U.S. Air Force Academy
Joseph Schumpeter and Nobel laureate F. A. Hayek correctly pointed out that the tradition of natural law, as presented by the great Late Scholastic authors, gave rise to the development of economic science. By expanding on the richness of the natural law tradition, this book gives new inspiration for an economic system based on sound economics and the dignity of the human person.
— Alejandro A. Chafuen, author of Faith and Liberty
Piedra writes in the tradition of Thomas Aquinas, Jacques Maritain, and other Catholic natural law theorists. Libraries serving this audience will want to acquire this book. Recommended.
— Choice Reviews
Alberto Piedra deftly shows why a few old truths can solve many modern problems. His argument for natural law is not a plea for a return to the past, but a demonstration of something that we need if we want a prosperous and authentically humane future.
— Robert Royal, Ethics and Public Policy Center