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A different question about the Arizona case

Posted on May 29, 2010
I am not sure whether or not the procedure approved by Sr. McBride in Arizona is best regarded as "intentional" killing of the innocent or, indeed, whether -- even if it isn't -- it is well regarded as justifiable or...

So, what does Catholic social theory have to say about that?

Posted on May 29, 2010
I cannot speak for those whom Michael P. calls Robby's "confreres in the Republican Party," and I'm actually not sure what Catholic social theory says, specifically, about the precise contours of financial-sector regulation, but certainly *I* would welcome more transparency...

Kevin Flannery on the Phoenix case

Posted on May 29, 2010
Ftaher Kevin Flannery S. J., who teaches philosophy at the Gregorian, has this to say about Cathy Kaveny's position on the Phoenix case: --- If one follows Thomas Aquinas?s action theory?and I would argue that the Church?s action theory is...

One case that's not about scandal

Posted on May 29, 2010
There is, I believe, a lot to criticize in the post by Lisa Fullam that Michael P. shared with us. But what I take to be her fundamental theoretical point is sound enough: it is possible to cause scandal in...

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What does Catholic social theory have to say about this?

Posted on May 29, 2010
Hey, everybody, does this matter? Robby, what do you and your confreres in the Republican Party have to say about this? [Simon Johnson is the Ronald A. Kurtz Professor of Entrepreneurship at the MIT.] So Damn Little Money By Simon...

"Youthful, stylishly dressed . . . ."

Posted on May 28, 2010
Thanks (I think), Rick, for calling attention to John Haldane's embarrassingly flattering profile of me in Standpoint. I fear that what is most noteworthy about it, though, is that one of the world's most acclaimed and gifted philosophers managed to....

Oil Spill Blame

Posted on May 28, 2010
We can point fingers at big corporations (BP) or big government, blaming them for the oil spill disaster. But, shouldn't we also look in the mirror so that the finger is also pointed directly at ourselves. To a large extent...

Agree with Sr. Margaret McBride's decision ... or not?

Posted on May 28, 2010
Sister Margaret?s Choice NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF We finally have a case where the Roman Catholic Church hierarchy is responding forcefully and speedily to allegations of wrongdoing. But the target isn?t a pedophile priest. Rather, it?s a nun who helped save...

Dear Richard Myers,

Posted on May 28, 2010
Where does Cathy Kaveny go wrong--if indeed anywhere--in what she says at dotCommonweal? What Is ?Abortion,? Anyway? May 20, 2010, 8:06 am Posted by Cathleen Kaveny The Catholic Church condemns ?abortion? as a seriously wrongful act. But what, exactly, is...

Bishop Olmstead and Sister McBride

Posted on May 28, 2010
The circumstances in Arizona do seem quite compelling. I don't have a good grasp of the facts. I have, however, seen respected commentators raise questions about whether the abortion was in fact necessary to save the life of the mother....

Christianity and Libertarianism

Posted on May 27, 2010
Over at the America blog, Michael Sean Winters -- with whom MOJ readers are familiar -- has this new(ish) post, discussing Christianity and Libertarianism. In it, he engages (appreciatively) Robby's recent post, in which "libertarianism" is characterized as a "heresy...

Happy (Belated) Feast of Pope St. Gregory VII

Posted on May 27, 2010
May 25 was the feast day of Pope St. Gregory VII (a.k.a. Hildebrand). He was, it's fair to say, "the man." (More here.) Indeed, someday I hope to tell him, face-to-face, "youdaman." If one cherishes and appreciates the Freedom of...

Comment on Michael P?s post and the Marquette Controversy

Posted on May 27, 2010
As Michael P. reports, critics of Marquette?s decision to rescind the offer to Prof. O?Brien claim that the decision ?puts academic freedom at risk at Marquette University.? They ?reject an intellectual ?litmus test? for our faculty, staff, and leaders in...

Dear Rick,

Posted on May 27, 2010
In my "deep waters" post, I didn't say that you "lack [my] appreciation for the depth of the relevant waters." I *did* that that the waters are deep--and that generalizations are perilous. Sometimes when we--that "we" certainly includes me--blog, we....

Congrats to our own "youthful and stylishly dressed" Robby George!

Posted on May 27, 2010
John Haldane, writing in the (British) magazine Standpoint, offers an appreciative portrait of our own Robby George and his work. . . . . . .Well-known as a scholar, lawyer and public commentator, he has acquired a new status as...

Michael's "deep waters"

Posted on May 27, 2010
With respect to this recent post by Michael P.: Um, those are deep waters, and generalizations are perilous ... Rick writes: "For me -- more than, I think, for Michael [Sean Winters] -- it is . . . a departure...

The Marquette controversy, con't

Posted on May 26, 2010
[This is lifted from Brian Leiter's Law School reports.] Marquette Dean Crisis Continues; Faculty Not Ready to "Heal and Move On" A couple of weeks ago, I noted that Marquette had offered the deanship of Arts and Sciences to sociologist...

The Dalai Lama: "Many Faiths, One Truth"

Posted on May 25, 2010
"WHEN I was a boy in Tibet, I felt that my own Buddhist religion must be the best ? and that other faiths were somehow inferior. Now I see how na�ve I was, and how dangerous the extremes of religious...

How the Bishops Get Health-Care Legislation Wrong

Posted on May 25, 2010
That's the title of of piece by Washington & Lee law prof Tim Jost, who is Mennonite. Tim is widely recognized as one of the premier health law scholars in the United States. Tim begins: "On May 20, 2010, the...

Is Pornography bad for Its Consumers

Posted on May 24, 2010
Catharine MacKinnon led a movement arguing that a class of sexually oriented material was harmful to women: it led to sexual assaults and sexual discrimination. Wendy Maltz persuasively argues in the Psychotherapy Networker (a respected professional journal) that porn is...

Can one be a hillbilly and a Thomist?

Posted on May 24, 2010
Of course one can. I've seen it done. And you can too, if your click here: View this photo. (HT: My Emory colleague, Aquinas Professor Philip Reynolds.)

A review of Steve Shiffrin's new book

Posted on May 24, 2010
The reviewer--Professor of Law and English, Cornell University; Mellon/LAPA Fellow in Law and Humanities and Visiting Associate Professor of Comparative Literature, Princeton University--says that "[t]hese comments were initially presented at the book celebrations in honor of Steve Shiffrin held at...

More on the "sound"-ness of the Graham decision

Posted on May 23, 2010
As Robby has described (here), Michael Sean Winters recently wrote, with respect to the Graham decision (invalidating LWOP sentences for non-homicide crimes committed by juveniles), the following: "If by this Professor George means that no one but a legal scholar...

Another view of the "Tea Party"

Posted on May 23, 2010
After reading Elizabeth Sanders's & Tom Friedman's description of the "Tea Party" -- which, to be clear, I think is easily and appropriately criticizable on more than a few fronts (as are the often unhinged folks who flocked to Cindy...

Um, those are deep waters, and generalizations are perilous ...

Posted on May 23, 2010
Rick writes: "For me -- more than, I think, for Michael [Sean Winters] -- it is . . . a departure from justice, when our Supreme Court overreaches to invalidate even unjust immoral enactments of politically accountable representatives." Rick, I...

What is the Tea Party anyway?

Posted on May 22, 2010
Back on May 13, I posted something by Mark Lilla on the Tea Party. Today, Elizabeth Sanders, a professor in the Department of Government at Cornell and a ReligionLeftLaw blogger, posted a comment, at RLL, in response to that post....

The Rise of Sarcasm

Posted on May 21, 2010
Does the prevalence of sarcasm mark our age as distinctive? Skye Jethani so argues here. If sarcasm is on the increase, is it a good thing or a bad thing? And why is it on the increase? According to Jethani,"Phil...

"a deconstruction of the very idea of ethics"

Posted on May 21, 2010
That's Richard Doerflinger's judgment on the teachings of Dartmouth bioethicist Ronald Green: Doerflinger argues that Green's proposed "Copernican revolution" in ethics, to justify embryo-destructive research and abortion, "endangers a far broader class of humans, by elevating to a moral principle...

On the question of what "abortion" is

Posted on May 21, 2010
The Church teaches that all innocent human beings have a right not to be directly killed or killed unjustly even where the killing is not direct. Put negatively, this is a teaching that all direct or otherwise unjust killing of...

Urbanism, sustainability, and the Catholic University

Posted on May 21, 2010
This Master's Degree thesis, written by a student in Notre Dame's architectural program for my colleague and MOJ-friend Phil Bess, is fascinating. Check it out. Here's the opening: Human beings are social creatures, and are unique among animals in possessing...

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