Natural Law as Fact, Theory, and Sign of Contradiction

Before becoming Pope Benedict XVI, Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger wrote to several Catholic universities requesting that they sponsor and encourage public talks about natural moral law and contemporary society. The reasons for his request deserve thought. “The Catholic Church,” he wrote, “has become incr...

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Published inNatural Moral Law in Contemporary Society p. 76
Main Author J. Budziszewski
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published Catholic University of America Press 01.08.2012
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Anatomy
Animals
Axiology
Behavioral sciences
Biological sciences
Biology
Body regions
Cognitive psychology
Contradictories
Emotion
Emotional states
Epistemology
Ethics
Eyes
Guilt
Head
Human behavior
Humans
Jurisprudence
Law
Logic
Logical relationships
Mammals
Metalogic
Morality
Natural law
Normative ethics
Philosophy
Philosophy of law
Practical reason
Primates
Psychology
Reason
Religion
Theology
Transgression
Zoology
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Summary:Before becoming Pope Benedict XVI, Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger wrote to several Catholic universities requesting that they sponsor and encourage public talks about natural moral law and contemporary society. The reasons for his request deserve thought. “The Catholic Church,” he wrote, “has become increasingly concerned by the contemporary difficulty in finding a common denominator among the moral principles held by all people, which are based on the constitution of the human person and which function as the fundamental criteria for laws affecting the rights and duties of all.” For centuries unquestioned, he says, these truths of the natural law “constituted a
ISBN:0813217865
9780813217864
DOI:10.2307/j.ctt2852bf.7