50 Questions on The Natural Law: What It Is and Why We Need ItIgnatius Press, 27.04.2011 - 414 Seiten Charles Rice, professor of the jurisprudence of St. Thomas Aquinas for the last twenty years at Notre Dame Law School, presents a very readable book on the natural law as seen through the teachings of Aquinas and their foundations in reason and Revelation. Reflecting on the most persistent questions asked by his students over the years, Rice shows how the natural law works and how it is rooted in the nature of the human person whose Creator provided this law as a sure and knowable guide for man to achieve his end of eternal happiness. This book presents the teachings of the Catholic Church in her role as arbiter of the applications of the natural law on issues involving the right to live, bioethics, the family and the economy. Charles Rice has produced a firmly grounded and accessible handbook which touches on the most important topics regarding natural law that will benefit readers of all backgrounds. |
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Is the natural law the same for everybody? Does everybody know what it requires? Can it be changed? | 57 |
What does original sin have to do with our understanding of natural law? | 191 |
THE CENTRALITY OF CHRIST | 197 |
Where does Christ fit into the natural law picture? | 199 |
I respect Christ as a good man and a great teacher But how could it be reasonable to conclude that he is God? And who cares? What difference does i... | 205 |
Why bring the Resurrection of Christ into a book on natural law? | 208 |
THE ROLE OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH AS AUTHORITATIVE INTERPRETER OF THE NATURAL LAW | 217 |
Suppose you are right and Christ is God the Author of the natural law So what? How do we know what he wants us to do? | 219 |
I still don t get it If the natural law is knowable through reason where does the Catholic Church get the right to tell me what it means? Isn t my reason... | 226 |
How does the law enacted by the statethe human lawrelate to the natural law? | 61 |
What is the common good that the human law is supposed to promote? Shouldnt the focus be on individuals and their rights? | 64 |
What about animals? Dont they have rights? | 74 |
Did Aquinas have an opinion as to which form of government is best? Was he a conservative or a liberal? | 80 |
Am I bound in conscience to obey the human law? What if that law is unjust? | 83 |
Wait a minute If people who follow Aquinas are so sure they are right as to the meaning of natural law wont they compel everyone to follow their ru... | 90 |
Look Isnt the bottom line the fact that the law should not legislate morality? Where do you get the right to impose your morality on me? | 95 |
NATURAL LAW AND THE HIGHEST HUMAN LAW | 101 |
Isnt the job of a judge to apply the Constitution as written according to the intent of those who adopted it rather than according to his own view of w... | 103 |
But arent natural law concepts part of the Constitution itself? | 108 |
Do you seriously claim that a judge can properly use natural law to rule that a statute or even part of the Constitution itself is unjust and void? | 115 |
THE REASONED FOUNDATION OF THE NATURAL LAW | 123 |
Back up a minute You said before that Aquinas gives us sure answers to all sorts of questions on natural law But havent philosophers proven that we ... | 125 |
All right So it doesnt make sense to say that we cant know anything But what can we know and how do we know it? | 135 |
THE REASONED FOUNDATION MAN AS KNOWN THROUGH REASON TO BE SPIRITUAL AND IMMORTAL | 141 |
What about man? As far as we can tell he is just a body a collection of atoms Right? | 143 |
So what if man has a spiritual soul? What difference does that make? | 146 |
THE REASONED FOUNDATION GOD AS KNOWN THROUGH REASON | 151 |
Do you really claim that we can prove from reason alone that God exists? | 153 |
What can we know through reason about God? | 162 |
REVELATION AS THE NECESSARY COMPLETION OF NATURAL LAW WHAT GOD HAS TOLD US ABOUT HIMSELF AND ABOUT MAN | 173 |
Why bring revelation or religion into this? All you will do is turn people off | 175 |
All right Revelation might have some bearing on the natural law So lets start at the top What does it tell us about God himself? | 181 |
But why were human beings created in the first place? | 185 |
How can it be right for the Pope to tell me what the natural law means? Dont I have to follow my own conscience? | 236 |
But is there really a right or wrong that is the same for everybody? Doesnt it depend on the person and the situation? | 241 |
THE MAGISTERIUM INDISPENSABLE INTERPRETER FOR THE COMMON GOOD | 245 |
So you treat the Magisterium the teaching authority of the Church as sort of a superteacher of natural law philosophy Right? | 247 |
I dont mind if you claim that Catholics should obey the Magisterium But what is the Pope saying about the natural law that is so special that the rest o... | 255 |
So the Magisterium argues for the Christian vision of the human person So what? How does that relate to the problems of life in the real world? | 261 |
SOME APPLICATIONS OF THE NATURAL LAW BY THE MAGISTERIUM | 271 |
Get down to specifics According to what principles would the Magisterium organize society and the economy? | 273 |
If the Pope rejects both socialism and consumerism whats his answer? What about private property? Where does he come down on that? | 283 |
So if the Magisterium affirms property rights and opposes socialism does it therefore endorse capitalism? | 288 |
What is the family and whats so special about it? | 294 |
Why does the Church put so much emphasis on contraception? I think it enables people to exercise responsible free choice Why does the Church op... | 306 |
Isnt natural family planning the same as contraception? Isnt the intent of both the same to avoid having children? | 313 |
What insight does the Magisterium offer on homosexual activity and gay rights? | 319 |
Okay So the Pope thinks the state should promote the family But how? | 330 |
What does the Magisterium see as the origin of the antilife mentality | 340 |
Hasnt the Church changed her position on abortion? Didnt Aquinas deny that life begins at conception? Anyway is abortion always wrong? | 350 |
How does the Magisterium apply the natural law to euthanasia? Can the natural law tell us when to pull the plug in a particular case? | 362 |
Why is the Church opposed to science and technology? If we are prolife and want children why cant we use in vitro fertilization surrogate motherho... | 372 |
THE FUTURE OF THE NATURAL LAW | 383 |
Isnt the natural law a terminal case a dying relic of the past? Isnt it unrealistic to expect people to take it seriously today? | 385 |
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