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6/26/2025, 2:19:39 AM
No.508741306
6/26/2025, 2:19:39 AM
No.508741306
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In Natural Right and History, Leo Strauss argues that modern relativism—especially historicism and positivism—undermines the very idea of objective moral truth. He defends the classical tradition of natural right, particularly as developed by Plato and Aristotle, which holds that there is a permanent, knowable standard of justice rooted in human nature. Strauss believes modern political thought lost its way by rejecting this idea and instead grounding right in changing historical contexts or subjective preferences. He critiques thinkers like Hobbes and Locke for reducing natural right to self-preservation and utility, and he calls for a return to the ancients' more noble conception of virtue and reason as the basis for political order. For Strauss, rediscovering natural right is essential to resisting nihilism and restoring serious moral and political philosophy.
In Natural Right and History, Leo Strauss argues that modern relativism—especially historicism and positivism—undermines the very idea of objective moral truth. He defends the classical tradition of natural right, particularly as developed by Plato and Aristotle, which holds that there is a permanent, knowable standard of justice rooted in human nature. Strauss believes modern political thought lost its way by rejecting this idea and instead grounding right in changing historical contexts or subjective preferences. He critiques thinkers like Hobbes and Locke for reducing natural right to self-preservation and utility, and he calls for a return to the ancients' more noble conception of virtue and reason as the basis for political order. For Strauss, rediscovering natural right is essential to resisting nihilism and restoring serious moral and political philosophy.