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MODERN AND AMERICAN DIGNITY: Who We Are as Persons, and What That Means for Our Future (Religion and Contemporary Culture) Hardcover – December 27, 2010

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  • Series: Religion and Contemporary Culture
  • Hardcover: 278 pages
  • Publisher: Intercollegiate Studies Institute; 1st Edition edition (December 27, 2010)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1935191896
  • ISBN-13: 978-1935191896
  • Product Dimensions: 6.1 x 0.9 x 9.1 inches
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4.0 out of 5 starsSolid Collection of Essays on Bioethics
By Kevin M. Derby VINE VOICE on February 26, 2012
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In this collection of essays, Peter Augustine Lawler presents the case for dignity in modern life. Lawler knows of what he speaks. He pushed the idea during his tenure on George W. Bush's Council on Bioethics--a fact that Lawler continues to come back to. Lawler comes from a Catholic background and he writes out of that tradition.

Included in the book are interesting takes on the 1960s, the thought of Benedict XVI and Solzhenitsyn, a very solid appreciation of John Courtney Murray and a look a Tocqueville. Lawler weights in on the roles of universities in modern life, Socrates and the future of liberalism. He is a solid if unspectacular essayist and he usually makes logical and convincing arguments.

There are some major problems with the book. Lawler instructs but he does not entertain. This makes parts of the book very dry. While he weighs in and opines on dignity and its importance to human life, Lawler could have fleshed out the concept a bit more, especially at the start of the book. It's there--but the reader has to look for it.

The chief problem is Lawler seems to be torn in trying to determine his audience. Is he writing for an academic audience or a popular one? Lawler seems to hedge his bets--which can drive the reader crazy. Some of the essays are heavily footnoted. Others have none. There are times Lawler makes interesting and sometimes debatable assertions--but leaves the reader with nowhere to go.

Lawler is trying to make his case in the public square and he did a fine job in constructing these essays. But I suspect his style undermines his chances to reach a larger audience. Recommended for readers interested in bioethics, especially those trying to better grasp conservative and Catholic voices in that area--but obviously this book is not for everyone.
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