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36Kant’s Early Critics (review)Review of Metaphysics 55 (2): 415-416. 2001.This volume of translations of early Kant reception, both of critics and of a few defenders, makes available important texts, both for study of modern philosophy and for contemporary discussion of the relevance of Kant’s immense historical influence. The volume’s five sections address several of the main problems posed by the theoretical part of Kant’s Critical Philosophy to his contemporaries, in particular the three central discussions centered on the Transcendental Aesthetic, Idealism, and th…Read more
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53Blondel’s Conception of the Option between Egoism and Charity and Its Consequences for Intellectual Life and CultureProceedings of the American Catholic Philosophical Association 75 171-181. 2001.In Maurice Blondel’s work, the problem of immortality is dealt with in terms of one’s resolution of the problem of human destiny articulated in the form of a self-determinative option. Although this option can take many determinate forms, it is ultimately one between egoism and selfishness or mortification and charity. In the course of this paper, I outline this opposition and indicate in particular how it bears on intellectual life and culture. For Blondel, the theoretical and the practical cou…Read more
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138The 1930s Christian Philosophy Debates: Bibliografica TematicaActa Philosophica 21 (2). 2012.This thematic bibliography provides a narrative account of the most important literature comprising, and about, the 1930s debates about Christian carried out by Etienne Gilson, Jacques Maritain, Maurice Blondel, Emile Brehier, Gabriel Marcel, and many others. It functions as a companion piece to my book Reason Fulfilled By Revelation: The 1930s Christian Philosophy Debates In France
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46Philosophy Between Faith and Theology: Addresses to Catholic Intellectuals (review)American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly 81 (3): 528-532. 2007.
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144Forgiveness, Anger, and Virtue in an Aristotelean PerspectiveProceedings of the American Catholic Philosophical Association 82 229-247. 2008.Aristotle figures significantly in the recent boom of literature on forgiveness, particularly accounts wishing to construe forgiveness as a virtue. While his definition of anger is often invoked, he is also a foil for accounts valuing forgiveness more than did Aristotle. I argue through interpretive exegesis of Aristotle’s texts that, while there are definite limits on forgiveness in his thought, so that his notion of forgiveness does not extend as far as in Christian ethics, it does play a sign…Read more
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33La philosophie chrétienne d’inspiration catholique. Constats et controverses. Positions actuelles (review)American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly 82 (3): 542-546. 2008.
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38Between Pacifism and Jihad (review)American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly 81 (1): 142-147. 2007.
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8Responsibility and moral philosophy as a project in Derrida's later worksMinerva - An Internet Journal of Philosophy 8 (1): 194-230. 2004.A prominent theme of Jacques Derrida's recent work has been that of responsibility. He has attempted to approach moral issues and philosophy without abandoning his philosophical project of deconstruction, a project that in the past has seemed critical if not outright hostile to moral philosophy. Moral and philosophical reflection is situated, and by the time one can even start posing questions, one is already embroiled for better or for worse, in a moral situation for which one bears some respon…Read more
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53Freedom, Inclinations of the Will, and Virtue in Anselm’s Moral TheoryProceedings of the American Catholic Philosophical Association 81 91-108. 2007.Freedom, justice, and inclinations of the will have significant roles in St. Anselm’s moral theory, as does, I argue, virtues and vices, which can be understoodin relation to freedom and justice and as inclinations of the will. The first section of the paper discusses the relationship between freedom, justice, and the will inAnselm’s works. The second part explores Anselm’s distinctions between different aspects of the human will, as will-as-instrument, will-as-use, and will-as-inclination, then…Read more
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185Anselmian Moral Theory and the Question of Grounding Morality in GodQuaestiones Disputatae 5 (1): 78-92. 2014.In this paper, I distinguish four ways to ask the question whether morality must be grounded in God. One asks whether or not God is the ultimate source for moral goodness, values, or standards. A second way asks whether a minimal morality, purified of any explicit reference to God, could not be worked out on bases of common human experience and rational reflection. A third way asks whether some kind of divine revelation is required for morality to be adequately understood or worked out. A fourth…Read more
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Catholicism, Modernism, and Modernity: The Concrete Logic, the Philosophy of Insufficiency, and the Option in Maurice Blondel's "la Pensee" and "L'etre Et les Etres"Dissertation, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. 2002.Maurice Blondel's later works address the problem of the relationship between the Catholic Church and tradition and modernity. This dissertation situates Blondel's developed position between the analyses of modern philosophy and culture developed in the encyclicals Pascendi Dominicus Gregis and Fides et Ratio. Modernism in Catholic circles bears implications for philosophy in general, since modernism has its source in modern philosophy and the culture it gives rise to and reinforces. Three key c…Read more
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1Rethinking Christian Philosophy: Adriaan Peperzak's contributionsActa Philosophica 18 (1): 123-142. 2009.
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40Hegel and Religion: The Second EnlightenmentProceedings of the American Catholic Philosophical Association 74 163-174. 2000.
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831A Personalist Aspect of Saint Anselm’s Platonist MetaphysicsQuaestiones Disputatae 2 (1-2): 146-164. 2011.My paper highlights one Personalist aspect of St. Anselm's Platonic perspective, namely the ontological priority and interpenetration of persons. The paper first discusses Anselm's metaphysical Platonism, then charts the Anselmian path towards God, through participation in the divine attributes. It then focuses on images of persons, and their degree of being. I argue that, at least for certain human relationships marked by strong love or friendship, Anselm regards the image of the person as medi…Read more
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27Tradition-Constituted Rationality and the Philosophy of ReligionJournal of Philosophy: A Cross-Disciplinary Inquiry 2 (4): 8-11. 2006.
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155Maurice Blondel, Social Catholicism, and Action Française (review)International Philosophical Quarterly 49 (3): 409-412. 2009.
Gregory Sadler
Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design
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Milwaukee Institute of Art and DesignAdjunct Full Professor (Part-time)
Milwaukee, WI, United States of America
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