Augustine on the Moral Significance of Human Law

Book 1 of Augustine's dialogue De Libero Arbitrio offers his only systematic account of the proper tasks of human or political law. While this text is often read as asserting that political law has no moral-educative function, in fact one of its characters, Evodius, is put forth as a striking i...

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Main Author: Burns, Daniel (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Institution [2015]
In: Revue d'études augustiniennes et patristiques
Year: 2015, Volume: 61, Issue: 2, Pages: 273-298
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Augustinus, Aurelius, Saint 354-430, De libero arbitrio. 1 / Law / Law (Theology) / Morals
RelBib Classification:KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity
NBE Anthropology
NCA Ethics
XA Law
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