The Republic of Contradict: A Vindication of Natural Morality as the Principle of Justice in the Political Subject
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Justice
Law
Morality
Philosophy
Politics

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Obregón Expósito, H. (2026). The Republic of Contradict: A Vindication of Natural Morality as the Principle of Justice in the Political Subject. INTEGRATION Journal, 14(1), 11-19. https://doi.org/10.66092/jxdcqh63

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This essay examines the necessity of grounding the legal order in an objective natural morality, overcoming the shortcomings of legal positivism. It argues that a law, as a social practice that creates obligations, is unintelligible without reference to universal moral principles. Against skepticism and relativism, it vindicates a natural law based on basic human goods discernible by practical reason. To illustrate the tragic conflict between legality, legitimacy, and morality, the “Paradox of the Inverted Order” in “The Republic of the Contradict” is presented—a hypothetical scenario where ethical coherence is impossible under a perverse regime. The conclusion reaffirms natural morality as an indispensable basis for legal legitimacy, human rights, and resistance against institutionalized injustice.

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