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Title:
The clash of orthodoxies : law, religion, and morality in crisis
Author:
George, Robert P.
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
Wilmington, Del. : ISI Books, 2001.
Physical Description:
xv, 387 pages ; 24 cm
Language:
English
Contents:
The clash of orthodoxies (including an exchange with Josh Dever) -- Liberal political theory and the culture of death -- God's reasons -- "Same-sex marriage" and "moral neutrality" -- The concept of public morality -- Making children moral: pornography, parents, and the public interest -- The tyrant state -- Justice, legitimacy, and allegiance: "The end of democracy" symposium revisited -- Natural law and civil rights: from Jefferson's "Letter to Henry Lee" to Martin Luther King's "Letter from Birmingham Jail" -- Natural law, the Constitution, and the theory and practice of judicial review (including and exchange with James Fleming) -- What is law? A century of arguments -- Religious values and politics -- Nature, morality, and homosexuality -- Bioethics and public policy: Catholic participation in the American debate -- On fides et ratio -- Afterword: We should not kill human embryos, for any reason.
ISBN:
9781882926626
Format :
Book