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A trenchant defence of the ideas that there are exceptionless moral norms. . . . -- Theological Book Review
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Not only a brilliant refutation of proportianalism,
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This review is from: Moral Absolutes: Tradition, Revision, and Truth (Michael J. McGivney Lectures of the John Paul II Institute f) (Paperback)
This concise book is a much needed defence of the idea that there are exceptionless moral norms. Modernist theologians will not enjoy the way in which Finnis shows that their espousal of a proportianalist ethic is completely at odds with the entire Christian tradition. As well as thoroughly documenting the manipulation of textual evidence made by theological proportionalists, Finnis pungently demonstrates the philosophical incoherence of their position. In so doing, Finnis has many interesting things to say about the nature of freedom, and its relation to moral absolutes, and how our relation to intelligible goods and integral human fulfillment generates unconditional oughts in a way that doesn't fall foul of the Naturalistic fallacy. The final chapter of the book suggests that the proportianalist philosophy took hold amongst certain heterodox Catholic thinkers in an attempt to justify contraceptive sexual acts. The result of this attempt has been to promote an ethic which rejects not only the Church's teaching on contraception, but also the idea of any exceptionless moral norms. The irrationality of the arguments used in favour of proportionalism suggests a motivation on the part of modern theologians, far removed from the pursuit of truth. Admirers of Finnis will not be disappointed by this book, which furthers his reputation as one of the most important Natural Law thinkers.
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The foundations of Christian moral doctrine are being tested as never before. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
specific moral absolutes, exceptionless moral norms, integral human fulfillment, premoral goods, specific moral norms, basic human goods, intelligible goods Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
John Finnis, Germain Grisez, New York, Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Summa Theol, Josef Fuchs, Christian Moral Principles, Christian Morality, Georgetown University Press, Humanae Vitae, Oxford University Press, Fundamentals of Ethics, Joseph Boyle, Christian Ethics, Old Scholiast, Thomas Aquinas, Christian Moral Reasoning, John Paul, Karl Rahner, Nicomachean Ethics, Notre Dame University Press, Cambridge University Press, Garth Hallett, Louis Janssens, Louvain Studies New!
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- Fundamentals of Ethics by John Finnis on 8 pages
- The Nicomachean Ethics (Oxford World's Classics) by Aristotle on 5 pages
- Moral Theology: Challenges for the Future : Essays in Honor of Richard A. McCormick, S.J. by Walter J. Burghardt on 5 pages
- Notes on Moral Theology by Richard A. McCormick on 4 pages
- Natural Law, Vol. 1 (The International Library of Essays in Law & Legal Theory, Schools 1.1) by John Finnis on 4 pages
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- Josef Fuchs on Natural Law (Moral Traditions series) by Mark Graham on page 199, page 239, and Back Matter
- Culture and the Thomist Tradition: After Vatican II (Routledge Radical Orthodoxy) by Tracey Rowland in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Culture and the Thomist Tradition: After Vatican II (Routledge Radical Orthodoxy) by Tracey Rowland in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- St. Thomas Aquinas and the Natural Law Tradition: Contemporary Perspectives by John Goyette on page 156, and Back Matter
- The Future of Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia (New Forum Books) by Neil M. Gorsuch on page 272, and page 294
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