The Normativity of the Natural : Human Goods, Human Virtues, and Human Flourishing (Philosophical Studies in Contemporary Culture) <Vol. 17>

Moral and cultural unity was sought though philosophical reflection on human nature and the basic goods of a properly nurtured and virtuous life—that is, through appeal to what has come to be called the natural law.The natural law addresses permissible moral choice through objective understandings of human nature and human goods.