Book contents
- Originalism’s Promise
- Originalism’s Promise
- Copyright page
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I A Description of Originalism
- Part II Originalism Is the Best Explanation of Our Existing Constitutional Practice and the Most Normatively Attractive Theory of Constitutional Interpretation
- 3 Originalism Best Explains Our Existing Constitutional Practice
- 4 Originalism Best Advances Americans’ Human Flourishing: The Law-as-Coordination Account of Originalism
- Conclusion
- Index
4 - Originalism Best Advances Americans’ Human Flourishing: The Law-as-Coordination Account of Originalism
from Part II - Originalism Is the Best Explanation of Our Existing Constitutional Practice and the Most Normatively Attractive Theory of Constitutional Interpretation
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 19 July 2019
- Originalism’s Promise
- Originalism’s Promise
- Copyright page
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I A Description of Originalism
- Part II Originalism Is the Best Explanation of Our Existing Constitutional Practice and the Most Normatively Attractive Theory of Constitutional Interpretation
- 3 Originalism Best Explains Our Existing Constitutional Practice
- 4 Originalism Best Advances Americans’ Human Flourishing: The Law-as-Coordination Account of Originalism
- Conclusion
- Index
Summary
In this chapter, I show that originalism is the most normatively attractive interpretive methodology because it best secures the background conditions under which Americans can pursue their own individual human flourishing. Originalism does so by enabling the Constitution to overcome coordination problems and thereby secure the common good. I call this the law-as-coordination account of originalism. It is a natural law justification for the American Constitution. This argument proceeds in four parts.
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- Originalism's PromiseA Natural Law Account of the American Constitution, pp. 221 - 309Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019