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1、INTRODUCTION1NaturalRightandHistory2INTRODUCTION34FORBWORDFORmanyyearsthepoliticalphilosophyofresponsiblegovemmenthasbeenaneglectedfieldinAmericanpoliticalscience.Characteristicofthisperiodwasthecompleterejectionofnaturallaw,thestandardbywhich,traditionally,governmentr
2、elationswerejudged.Lawandrightsemanatedfromthestates.Underdemocraticregimesitwasheldthatmajoritywillcreatedlawandgrantedrights.Beyondthese,norestrictionsoflawcouldbindthesovereignstate.Inrecentyearsthatpeculiartwentieth-centuryphenomenonthetotalitarianregime-revivedamo
3、ngpoliticalphilosophersthestudyofthetraditionalistnaturallawdoctrine,withitsinsistenceuponlimitedstateauthority.ThisworkofProfessorStrauss,baseduponhisWalgreenFoundationlectures,presentsakeenanalysisofthephilosophyofnaturalright.Itisacritiqueofcertainmodernpoliticalthe
4、oriesandanablepresentationofbasicprinciplesofthetraditionalistpointofview.JR.ouRKB.wiNChairranoftheWalgreenFoundationINTRODUCTION5PREFACEHISisanexpandedversionofsixlectureswhichIdeliveredattheUniversityofChicagoinOctober,1949,undertheauspicesoftheCharlesR.WalgreenFound
5、ation.InpreparingthelecturesforpublicationIhavetriedtopreservetheiroriginalformasmuchaspossible.IamgratefultotheCharlesR.WalgreenFoundationandespeciallytoitschairman,ProfessorJeromeG.Kerwin,forinducingmetopresentcoherentlymyobservationsontheproblemofnaturalright.Iamals
6、ogratefultotheWalgreenFoundationforgenerousclericalassistance.Somesectionsofthisstudyhavebeenpublishedpreviously,eitherintheirpresentformorinashorterversion.ChapteriwaspublishedintheReviewofPolitics,October,1950;chapteriiinMeasure,spring,1951;chapteriiiinSocialResearch
7、,March,1952;chapterv(A)inRevueinternationaledephilosophic,October,1950;chapterv(B)inthePhilosophicalReview,October,1952.IwishtothanktheeditoroftheRevueinternationaledephilosophicforhiskindpermissiontoreprint.L.S.CHlcAGO,ILLINOISOctober19526PREFACETOTHB7thIMPRESSION(I97
8、I)ITalmostgoeswithoutsayingthatifIweretowritethisbookagain,Iwouldwriteitdifferently.ButIhavebeenassuredfromvariousqua
