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4Catholicism, Freedom of Conscience, and DemocracyMaritain Studies/Etudes Maritainiennes 25 3-19. 2009.In this paper I focus on one of the fundamental democratic freedoms – freedom of conscience – and see to what extent Catholicism is compatible or consistent with it and, by extension, with democracy in civil or political institutions. I draw primarily on recent ecclesial statements on the issue, but also on the philosophical views of Jacques Maritain. First, I outline briefly the view of democracy and freedom of conscience that putatively undergirds modern democratic societies, as well as the un…Read more
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Rationality and the Humanities and Social SciencesIndian Philosophical Quarterly 21 (3): 257. 1994.
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3Migrating Texts and Traditions (edited book)University of Ottawa Press. 2012.This volume examines the phenomenon of the migration of philosophical texts and traditions into other cultures, identifies places where it may have succeeded, but also where it has not, and discusses what is presupposed in introducing a text or a tradition into another intellectual culture. -- Book Jacket.
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Intelligent design, science, and religionIn Manimala, Varghese & J. (eds.), Fides Et Ratio in a Post-Modern Era: Indian Philosophical Studies, Xiii, Council For Research in Values and Philosophy. 2008.
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The Metaphysical and Epistemological Foundations of Natural Law in Jacques MaritainPhilosophy and Culture 33 (9): 83-98. 2006.Ethical theory today is dominated by utilitarianism and by deontological theories . We also find, though to a much lesser extent, virtue ethics, feminist 'care' theories , social contract theories, and rights-based theories. But often missing from the discussion-and from most ethics textbooks-is natural law theory. Natural law theory has a long history, starting with the Stoics. It is influential outside of the Anglo-American world , and it has its powerful defenders today . But nevertheless it …Read more
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31Empiricism, fideism and the nature of religious beliefSophia 31 (3): 1-15. 1992.Earlier versions of this paper were read to the Departments of Philosophy at the University of New Brunswick and at Saint Francis Xavier University and to the Canadian Societh for the Study of Religion at Queen’s University, Kingston. The authors wish to thank the participants for their comments
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16Rethinking the Role of Philosophy in the Global Age (edited book)Council for Research in Values and Philosophy. 2009.
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6BibliographyIn Bernard Bosanquet and the Legacy of British Idealism, University of Toronto Press. pp. 297-308. 2005.
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49Political Obligation in a Liberal State (review)American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly 66 (1): 102-105. 1992.
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“馬里旦自然律之形上學與知識論基礎” [The Metaphysical and Epistemological Foundations of Natural Law in Jacques Maritain]Philosophy and Culture 33 (9): 15-33. 2006.Today's ethical theory , both utilitarian and non-ontological theories dominated. However, we found that many of its subsequent development in the evolution of those who encourage virtue ethics, feminist care theory, social contract theory and the theory of rights-based build. But usually lacking in this discussion - the teaching of ethics by the majority of it seems - is the natural law theory. Natural law theory has its very long history, starting from the Stoic school, it had occupied in the …Read more
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