The line through the heart : natural law as fact, theory, and sign of contradiction / J. Budziszewski.
2009
K460 .B832 2009 (Mapit)
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Title
The line through the heart : natural law as fact, theory, and sign of contradiction / J. Budziszewski.
Imprint
Wilmington, Del. : ISI Books, [2009]
Copyright
©2009
Description
xix, 241 pages ; 24 cm
Formatted Contents Note
PART I: Moral law. Natural law as fact, as theory, and as sign of contradiction
The second tablet project
Nature illuminated
The natural, the connatural, and the unnatural
Accept no imitations: naturalism vs. natural law
PART II: Political law. Thou shalt not kill ... whom? The meaning of the person
Capital punishment: the case for justice
Constitution vs. constitutionalism
constitutional metaphysics
The illiberal liberal religion.
The second tablet project
Nature illuminated
The natural, the connatural, and the unnatural
Accept no imitations: naturalism vs. natural law
PART II: Political law. Thou shalt not kill ... whom? The meaning of the person
Capital punishment: the case for justice
Constitution vs. constitutionalism
constitutional metaphysics
The illiberal liberal religion.
Summary
"In The Line Through the Heart, popular philosopher J. Budziszewski threads a path between these various abysses. Among his questions are how the knowledge of good is related to the knowledge of God, how things that seem to run against the grain of human nature can become "second nature", and whether natural law can be reconciled with Darwinian evolution. Turning to politics, he takes up such topics as who counts as a human person, whether human dignity is compatible with capital punishment, what courts have made of the United States Constitution, and how an ersatz state religion can be built in the name of Toleration. Written in Budziszewski's usual crystalline style The Line Through the Heart makes the natural law and its implications clear for both scholars and general readers." -- Publisher description.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-225) and index.
Location
STA
Call Number
K460 .B832 2009
Language
English
ISBN
9781935191179
1935191179
1935191179
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