Gender and Charity II: Gender of the Soul
One implication of gendered souls would be the affirmation of the transgender experience.
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Gay Catholic Dating: Sin or Heartbreak
This reading suggests that marriage does not “remedy” lust by curbing it, but by legitimizing it.
The End of an Era
He reminded me that our greatest accomplishments are the friendships we have forged in our embattled years.
Summary: Dependent Rational Animals chapter 1, Vulnerability, dependence, animality
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Book Recommendations for Undergrads Considering Law School
Coming to law school has made me particularly glad that I decided to major in philosophy. In many ways, I’veContinue Reading
Newman, and the development of Catholic teaching on abortion and homosexuality
“… and old principles reappear under new forms. It [a great idea] changes with them in order to remain the same. In a higher world it is otherwise, but here below to live is to change, and to be perfect is to have changed often.” So goes the argument of Blessed John Henry Newman’s Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine. Like any great idea, doctrine must change in order to remain the same. Only dead doctrine cannot change, for “a power of development is a proof of life.”
From the archives: The Church and Liberty
The following is an essay printed in the May 26, 1877 edition of Notre Dame’s Scholastic Magazine. It is well worthContinue Reading
The Great Books at Notre Dame
In November 2010, I presented a paper for the Notre Dame Center for Ethics and Culture’s annual Fall Conference. AfterContinue Reading
Professor Jim Sterba and the Arrogance of the Age
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Professor Jim Sterba and the Arrogance of the Age
In the most recent edition of the Irish Rover (Sept. 13, 2012), Jim Sterba, professor of philosophy at Notre Dame,Continue Reading
