John Finnis is Professor of Law and Legal Philosophy at the University of Oxford, and a Fellow of University College. He is the Biolchini Family Professor of Law at the University of Notre Dame.

• Introduction ; FOUNDATIONS ; 1. Practical Reason's Foundations ; 2. Discourse, Truth, and Friendship ; 3. Scepticism's Self-Refutation ; 4. Self-refutation Revisited ; 5. Bernard Williams on Truth's Values ; 6. Reason, Authority, and Friendship ; 7. Reason, Universality, and Moral Thought ; 8. Objectivity and Content in Ethics ; 9. Is and Ought in Aquinas ; BUILDING ON THE FOUNDATIONS ; 10. Action's Most Ultimate End ; 11. Prudence about Ends ; 12. Moral Absolutes in Aristotle and Aquinas ; 13. "Natural Law" ; 14. Legal Reasoning as Practical Reason ; PUBLIC REASON AND UNREASON ; 15. Commensuration and Public Reason ; 16. "Public Reason" and Moral Debate ; 17. Reason, Passions, and Free Speech ; 18. Freedom of Speech ; 19. Pornography

These five volumes make valuable contributions across a large range of philosophical topics and moral and legal questions, and offer much that merits consideration to scholars in several disciplines.

John Finnis is Professor of Law and Legal Philosophy at the University of Oxford, and a Fellow of University College. He is the Biolchini Family Professor of Law at the University of Notre Dame.

• Introduction ; FOUNDATIONS ; 1. Practical Reason's Foundations ; 2. Discourse, Truth, and Friendship ; 3. Scepticism's Self-Refutation ; 4. Self-refutation Revisited ; 5. Bernard Williams on Truth's Values ; 6. Reason, Authority, and Friendship ; 7. Reason, Universality, and Moral Thought ; 8. Objectivity and Content in Ethics ; 9. Is and Ought in Aquinas ; BUILDING ON THE FOUNDATIONS ; 10. Action's Most Ultimate End ; 11. Prudence about Ends ; 12. Moral Absolutes in Aristotle and Aquinas ; 13. "Natural Law" ; 14. Legal Reasoning as Practical Reason ; PUBLIC REASON AND UNREASON ; 15. Commensuration and Public Reason ; 16. "Public Reason" and Moral Debate ; 17. Reason, Passions, and Free Speech ; 18. Freedom of Speech ; 19. Pornography

These five volumes make valuable contributions across a large range of philosophical topics and moral and legal questions, and offer much that merits consideration to scholars in several disciplines.

John Finnis is Professor of Law and Legal Philosophy at the University of Oxford, and a Fellow of University College. He is the Biolchini Family Professor of Law at the University of Notre Dame.

• Introduction ; FOUNDATIONS ; 1. Practical Reason's Foundations ; 2. Discourse, Truth, and Friendship ; 3. Scepticism's Self-Refutation ; 4. Self-refutation Revisited ; 5. Bernard Williams on Truth's Values ; 6. Reason, Authority, and Friendship ; 7. Reason, Universality, and Moral Thought ; 8. Objectivity and Content in Ethics ; 9. Is and Ought in Aquinas ; BUILDING ON THE FOUNDATIONS ; 10. Action's Most Ultimate End ; 11. Prudence about Ends ; 12. Moral Absolutes in Aristotle and Aquinas ; 13. "Natural Law" ; 14. Legal Reasoning as Practical Reason ; PUBLIC REASON AND UNREASON ; 15. Commensuration and Public Reason ; 16. "Public Reason" and Moral Debate ; 17. Reason, Passions, and Free Speech ; 18. Freedom of Speech ; 19. Pornography

These five volumes make valuable contributions across a large range of philosophical topics and moral and legal questions, and offer much that merits consideration to scholars in several disciplines.