John Finnis (b. 1940) – Australian legal philosopher, the leading representative of the „new natural law theory”. In Natural Law and Natural Rights (1980) he recast classical natural-law thought as a theory of basic human goods and practical reasoning – influential also in the debate with positivism.
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Legal Reasoning as Practical Reasoning in John M. Finnis’ New Natural Law Theory
Michał Sopiński · Issue 1(21)/2020
The author presents practical reasoning in the light of Finnis’ new natural law theory, taking his conception of basic human goods as the point of departure.
See also the Natural Law and Legal Positivism collections.