Uncovering the constitution's moral design [electronic resource] / Paul R. DeHart.

By: DeHart, Paul R, 1975-Contributor(s): ProQuest (Firm)Material type: TextTextPublication details: Columbia MO : University of Missouri Press, c2007Description: x, 298 pSubject(s): Constitutional law -- Moral and ethical aspects -- United States | Constitutional law -- Philosophy | Constitutional law -- MethodologyGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 342.7302 LOC classification: KF4552 | .D44 2007Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
Constitutional presuppositions -- Inferring moral assumptions -- The constitution's theory of sovereignty -- The constitution and the common good -- The constitution's theory of natural law -- The constitution's theory of natural rights -- Is the constitution any good?.
Summary: "DeHart examines our constitution's normative framework and moral meaning. He challenges the logical coherency of modern moral philosophy, normative positivism, and other theories that the constitution has been argued to embody and offers groundbreaking methodology that can be applied to uncovering the normative framework of other constitutions as well"--Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-285) and index.

Constitutional presuppositions -- Inferring moral assumptions -- The constitution's theory of sovereignty -- The constitution and the common good -- The constitution's theory of natural law -- The constitution's theory of natural rights -- Is the constitution any good?.

"DeHart examines our constitution's normative framework and moral meaning. He challenges the logical coherency of modern moral philosophy, normative positivism, and other theories that the constitution has been argued to embody and offers groundbreaking methodology that can be applied to uncovering the normative framework of other constitutions as well"--Provided by publisher.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2016. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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