John Finnis b. 1940
John Finnis (born 1940) is an Australian-British philosopher of the Contemporary era, associated with Analytic Philosophy, Christian Philosophy, and Political Philosophy.
John Finnis is an Australian-British legal and moral philosopher, emeritus professor of law at Oxford and a long-time professor at the University of Notre Dame. Natural Law and Natural Rights, his major work, reconstructed the natural law tradition of Aquinas in contemporary terms, identifying a list of basic human goods that practical reason recognizes as self-evidently choiceworthy and a set of principles for choosing reasonably among them. His later Aquinas and Fundamentals of Ethics extended this program into a comprehensive Catholic moral and political philosophy.
Key facts
- Nationality
- Australian-British
- Era
- Contemporary
- Movements
- Analytic Philosophy, Christian Philosophy, Political Philosophy
Selected quotes
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Attributed to John Finnis:
“There are basic human goods that reason grasps as good in themselves.”
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Attributed to John Finnis:
“Natural law is what reason perceives in the structure of the goods of human nature.”
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Attributed to John Finnis:
“Practical reason proceeds from the basic goods to the principles of reasonableness.”
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Attributed to John Finnis:
“A law contrary to the basic goods is not, in the proper sense, law at all.”
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Attributed to John Finnis:
“Reason and faith share the goods of the human person; they are not foreign to each other.”
Frequently asked about John Finnis
- When was John Finnis born?
- John Finnis was born in 1940.
- Where was John Finnis from?
- John Finnis is an Australian-British philosopher of the Contemporary era.
- What philosophical movements is John Finnis associated with?
- John Finnis is associated with Analytic Philosophy, Christian Philosophy, and Political Philosophy.
- What is John Finnis known for?
- John Finnis is an Australian-British legal and moral philosopher, emeritus professor of law at Oxford and a long-time professor at the University of Notre Dame.
- How many quotes are attributed to John Finnis?
- There are 9 attributed quotations from John Finnis in the 1001Philosophers collection, organized by topic.