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1、NaturalRightandHistoryCHARLESR.WALGREENFOUNDATIONLECTURESThisbookisalsoavailableinaclothboundeditionfromTHEUNIVERSITYOFCHICAGOPRESSTHEUNIVERSITYOFCHICAGOPRESS,CHICAGO&LONDONTheUniversityofTorontoPress,Toronto5,CanadaCopyright1953byTheUniversityofChicago.Allrightsreserved.Published1953.FifthImpressio

2、n1965-FirstPhoenixEdition1965.PrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmericaFOREWORDORmanyyearsthepoliticalphilosophyofresponsibleFgovernmenthasbeenaneglectedfieldinAmericanpo•liticalscience.Characteristicofthisperiodwasthecompleterejectionofnaturallaw,thestandardbywhich,traditionally,governmentrelationswerejudg

3、ed.Lawandrightsemanatedfromthestates.Underdemocraticregimesitwasheldthatmajoritywillcreatedlawandgrantedrights.Beyondthese,norestrictionsoflawcouldbindthesovereignstate.Inrecentyearsthatpeculiartwentieth-centuryphenomenon—thetotalitarianregime—revivedamongpoliticalphilosophersthestudyofthetraditiona

4、listnaturallawdoctrine,withitsinsistenceuponlimitedstateauthority.ThisworkofProfessorStrauss,baseduponhisWalgreenFoundationlectures,presentsakeenanalysisofthephilos•ophyofnaturalright.Itisacritiqueofcertainmodernpoliticaltheoriesandanablepresentationofbasicprinciplesofthetraditionalistpointofview.JE

5、ROMEKERWINChairmanoftheWalgreenFoundationvPREFACEHISisanexpandedversionofsixlectureswhichIdeliv•TeredattheUniversityofChicagoinOctober,1949,undertheauspicesoftheCharlesR.WalgreenFoundation.Inpre•paringthelecturesforpublicationIhavetriedtopreservetheiroriginalformasmuchaspossible.IamgratefultotheChar

6、lesR.WalgreenFoundationandespeciallytoitschairman,ProfessorJeromeG.Kerwin,forinducingmetopresentcoherentlymyobservationsontheproblemofnaturalright.IamalsogratefultotheWalgreenFoundationforgenerousclericalassistance.Somesectionsofthisstudyhavebeenpublishedpreviously,eitherintheirpresentformorinashort

7、erversion.ChapteriwaspublishedintheReviewofPolitics,October,1950;chapteriiinMeasure,spring,1951;chapteriiiinSocialResearch,March,1952;chapterv(A)inRevueinternationaledephilosophic,Octo•ber,1950;chapte