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Alasdair MacIntyre and Critics
Lawrence S. Cunningham
ISBN: 9780268023003
Format: Paperback
Publisher:University of Notre Dame Press
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Both as cardinal and as Pope Benedict XVI, one of Josef Ratzinger's consistent concerns has been the foundational moral imperatives of the natural law. This title provides an essay on the foundational problem of moral disagreements concerning natural law. It is suitable for ethicists, moral theologians, and scholars of moral philosophy.
Both as cardinal and as Pope Benedict XVI, one of Josef Ratzinger's consistent concerns has been the foundational moral imperatives of the natural law. In 2004, then Cardinal Ratzinger requested that the University of Notre Dame study the complex issues embedded in discussions about 'natural rights' and 'natural law' in the context of Catholic thinking. To that end, Alasdair MacIntyre provided a substantive essay on the foundational problem of moral disagreements concerning natural law, and eight scholars were invited to respond to MacIntyre's essay, either by addressing his work directly or by amplifying his argument along other yet similar paths. The contributors to this volume are theologians, philosophers, civil and canon lawyers, and political scientists, who reflect on these issues from different disciplinary perspectives. Once the contributors' essays were completed, MacIntyre responded with a closing essay. Throughout the book, the contributors ask: can a persuasive case for a foundational morality be made etsi Deus daretur (as if God did not exist)? And, of course, persuasive to whom? The exchanges that take place between MacIntyre and his interlocutors result, not in answers, but in rigorous attempts at clarification. "Intractable Disputes about the Natural Law" will interest ethicists, moral theologians, and students and scholars of moral philosophy.
| ISBN | 026802300X | | Pages | 392 | | ISBN13 | 9780268023003
(What's this?) | | Volumes | 1 | | Publisher | University of Notre Dame Press | | Weight (grammes) | 522 | | Imprint | University of Notre Dame Press | | Published in | Notre Dame IN | | Format | Paperback | | Height (mm) | 229 | | Publication date | 15 Sep 2009 | | Width (mm) | 152 | | Library of Congress | 2009000208 | | Spine width (mm) | 25 | | DEWEY | 340.112 | | Academic level | Tertiary education, Professional / Scholarly | | DEWEY edition | DC21 | |
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| Ch. 1 | | Intractable Moral Disagreements by Alasdair MacIntyre | | 1 | | Ch. 2 | | Does the Natural Law Provide a Universally Valid Morality? by Jean Porter | | 53 | | Ch. 3 | | Moral Disagreement and Interreligious Conversation: The Penitential Pace of Understanding by David A. Clairmont | | 97 | | Ch. 4 | | Prophetic Rhetoric and Moral Disagreement by M. Cathleen Kaveny | | 131 | | Ch. 5 | | After Intractable Moral Disagreement: The Catholic Roots of an Ethic of Political Reconciliation by Daniel Philpott | | 167 | | Ch. 6 | | Moral Disagreement and the Limits of Reason: Reflections on MacIntyre and Ratzinger by Gerald McKenny | | 195 | | Ch. 7 | | Ultimate Ends and Incommensurable Lives in Aristotle by Kevin L. Flannery | | 227 | | Ch. 8 | | The Foundation of Human Rights and Canon Law by John J. Coughlin | | 251 | | Ch. 9 | | The Fearful Thoughts of Mortals: Aquinas on Conflict, Self-Knowledge, and the Virtues of Practical Reasoning by Thomas Hibbs | | 273 | | Ch. 10 | | From Answers to Questions: A Response to the Responses by Alasdair MacIntyre | | 313 | | | | Index | | 353 |
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