The Human Person and a Culture of Freedom
Twenty-first-century society faces profound challenges, and the future seems anything but secure. The rapid advance of technology has far outpaced mankind's moral and religious development. There is greater material wealth now than in past centuries, yet poverty remains an international problem. Wars persist and global peace seems increasingly unattainable as terrorism and civil strife become more prevalent. Numerous forms of entertainment made possible by modern industrialization and...
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Twenty-first-century society faces profound challenges, and the future seems anything but secure. The rapid advance of technology has far outpaced mankind's moral and religious development. There is greater material wealth now than in past centuries, yet poverty remains an international problem. Wars persist and global peace seems increasingly unattainable as terrorism and civil strife become more prevalent. Numerous forms of entertainment made possible by modern industrialization and technology divert attention away from the things that really matter and invert the objective hierarchy of values. Underlying all these threats to the foundations of civilization one can find one or another theoretical conception of man and human freedom. This volume presents a rich and diverse collection of essays on the theoretical foundations of human freedom. From several distinct perspectives, the authors examine various aspects of the deeper anthropological questions at the root of a number of critical social challenges confronting modernity. Readers interested in educational theory, church and state, the nature of love and friendship, questions of authority and the common good, law and human rights, and virtue theory and the various types of freedom will find this collection of special interest. Contributors are: Montague Brown, Romanus Cessario, O.P., Gavin Colvert, John Conley, S.J., John Cuddeback, Christopher Cullen, S.J., Raymond Dennehy, Heather Erb, Desmond Fitzgerald, Francis Cardinal George, O.M.I., Carson Holloway, Brian Hughes, Piotr Jaroszynski, David Klassen, Steven Long, Ralph Nelson, Alice Ramos, and James V. Schall, S.J.
Foreword Alice Ramos Ramos, AliceIntroduction Francis Cardinal George George, Francis CardinalPt. I Theoretical Foundations: Roots and Ends of Human FreedomMaritain and Newman: Theology, Intellectual Freedom and Human Transcendence in University Education Brian Hughes Hughes, Brian 1Causal Entailment, Sufficient Reason, and Freedom Steven Long Long, Steven 13A Free Culture: Living the Primacy of the For-Itself John Cuddeback Cuddeback, John 47From Rivulets to the Fountain's Source: Image and Love in Aquinas' Christian Anthropology Heather Erb Erb, Heather 61Anton Pegis's Thomistic Theory of Man as an Incarnate Spirit Desmond FitzGerald FitzGerald, Desmond 92Pt. II Freedom: Moral, Social, and Political ConsiderationsStrauss, Darwinism, and Natural Right Carson Holloway Holloway, Carson 106Aquinas and the Limits of Political Authority: Natural Lawyer Or Virtue Politician? Gavin Colvert Colvert, Gavin 130Jacques Maritain and Natural Rights: The Priority of Metaphysics Over Politics David Klassen Klassen, David 162The Ambiguity of Autonomy Ralph Nelson Nelson, Ralph 176The Common Good: Why Is It Good? Why Is It Common? James Schall Schall, James 188Pt. III Church and State: Religious Freedom in the Public SquareFreedom and Satisfaction Romanus Cessario Cessario, Romanus 207Religious Freedom as Catholic Crisis John Conley Conley, John 226Dignitatis Humanae and a Catholic Society: The Confessional State as a Perennial Possibility Christopher Cullen Cullen, Christopher 242Freedom and Tolerance Piotr Jaroszynski Jaroszynski, Piotr 255Pt. IV The Dignity of Human Life and FreedomAbortion and IdeologyRaymond Dennehey Dennehey, Raymond 265Fairness, Freedom, and Responsibility Montague Brown Brown, Montague 284Index 305
