C. S. Lewis on Politics and the Natural Law

Abstract

show in this groundbreaking work, Lewis was deeply interested in the fundamental truths and falsehoods about human nature and how these conceptions manifest themselves in the contested and turbulent public square. Ranging from the depths of Lewis' philosophical treatments of epistemology and moral pedagogy to practical considerations of morals legislation and responsible citizenship, this book explores the contours of Lewis' multi-faceted Christian engagement with political philosophy generally and the natural-law tradition in particular. Drawing from the full range of Lewis' corpus and situating his thought in relationship to both ancient and modern seminal thinkers, C. S. Lewis on Politics and the Natural Law offers an unprecedented look at politics and political thought from the perspective of one of the twentieth century's most influential writers.

A New Model for Nowcasting the Aviation Radiation Environment With Comparisons to In Situ Measurements During GLEs

“…Unlike the GCR model, which simply modifies a well-defined primary spectrum using a single modulation parameter, there is no single spectral shape that can be applied to all GLEs. Attempts to characterize the spectral shape of GLEs have taken various forms, including Weibull functions (Dyer & Lei, 2001;Dyer et al, 2003), double-power-law "Band" functions (Asvestari et al, 2017;Atwell et al, 2011;Band et al, 1993;Tylka & Dietrich, 2009), and modified power-laws (Jiggens et al, 2019;Mishev et al, 2014;Mishev & Usoskin, 2016). These may be parameterized as functions of energy or rigidity, but the essential difference remains the slope of the spectra (spectral index) in the region of interest for atmospheric radiation effects-that is, particle rigidities from ∼1 GV to >10 GV.…”