Hugo Grotius and the Modern Theology of Freedom
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Hugo Grotius and the Modern Theology of Freedom

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Hugo Grotius and the Modern Theology of Freedom

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Human rights are thought to guarantee pluralism by protecting individual liberty from imposed religious conceptions of virtue. Yet critics often argue that this secular focus on merely avoiding violations can also enable unfettered individualism and undermine appeals to the common good.

This book uncovers in secular rights pioneer Hugo Grotius a rights theory that points toward the enlargement of individual responsibility. It grounds this connection in Grotius' unexplored theological corpus, which reveals a dual metaethics and jurisprudence. Here a deontological natural law undergirds a secular theory of rights that is self-aware of its own limitations. A teleological practical reason then guides the exercise of these rights, so as not to compromise the political order that defends them. The book then illustrates this symbiosis of rights and responsibilities in five areas: consent theories of government, rights of rebellion, criminal punishment, war and international responsibility, and Atonement theology. This reassesses Grotius' legacy as a secularist opponent of classical political thought, and suggests that modern liberalism and universal human rights are compatible with a world of resurgent religion.

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Publisher
Routledge
Year
2017
ISBN
9781315525808
Edition
1
Topic
Politics & International Relations
Subtopic
Politics
Index
Politics & International Relations

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Acknowledgments
  6. 1 Grotius and Modern Natural Rights: Beyond a Secular History
  7. 2 Natural Right and Natural Rights
  8. 3 Two Concepts of Justice
  9. 4 The Origins of the State: How and Why?
  10. 5 The Bounds of Coercive Authority: Sovereignty and Rebellion
  11. 6 Rights and the Responsibility (Not) to Punish
  12. 7 Punitive War and International Responsibility
  13. 8 Divine Government: Why You Can’t Ever Really Pay for Your Crimes
  14. 9 Transcending Natural Rights, or Rethinking the Foundations of Modern Political Secularism: Grotius and the History of Political Thought
  15. Bibliography
  16. Index