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SharePeter Kreeft, Catholic author and philosophy professor at Boston College, gave a speech in Madison WI recently on that topic. The Wisconsin State Journal covers the speech in a brief article. He instructs his audience, To be a Catholic is to take the whole deal . . . . Kreeft said several definitions of a [...] ShareCatholic Online has a piece on Catholic moral teachings in an ever-changing world. They quote Richard Weaver, author of Ideas Have Consequences: “Richard M. Weaver speaks of the need of a “metaphysical dream,” an underlying foundation behind reason. The Church’s social doctrine may be said to be a “meta-ethical dream,” an underlying foundation behind morality, [...] ShareDPS was pointed toward a recent address by the Very Reverend Charles Chaput, Archbishop of Denver, given at the University of Pennsylvania. In this well-argued defense of human life and liberty Archbishop Chaput summons the work of Alexander Solzhenitsyn and Dietrich Bonhoeffer to illustrate his points. He makes four primary points in his speech: We [...] ShareAmerica magazine recently interviewed Robert P. George, professor of jurisprudence at Princeton University, about his Catholic faith and how he promotes Thomism in public policy. He has been a policy adviser to a number of American Catholic bishops and to quite a few national politicians. George practices a Thomism more concerned with practical moral questions [...] ShareThe New York Times Book Review features a review of a new translation of Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics. The translation was done by Robert C. Bartlett, who teaches Hellenic politics at Boston College and Susan D. Collins, a political scientist at the University of Houston. The review is by the West Coast Straussian, Harry Jaffa. This [...] ShareNew York University posts philosophical musings occasionally on YouTube. This short video has an unusual and funny ending. This video was first posted on the DPS Facebook page HERE. A reminder of the Socratic caution: “Let him who would move the world first clean the cat box.” Cat On YouTube ShareVia Peter Sean Bradley, I learn that Molyneux’s problem has been answered empirically. It only took 300 years to figure this out. If a blind person were suddenly able to see, would he be able to recognize by sight the shape of an object he previously knew only by touch? Presented with a cube and a globe, [...] ShareWelcome Members and Friends! Conference time is upon us! In the coming days, we will publish all submitted essays on our website and you are all invited to visit and post comments. The Conference is open to all members and you do not have to submit an essay to participate. This year we are pleased [...] ShareFrom Edward Feser, here is a letter written by Robert Pasnau to students of philosophy. That would be us. Professor Pasnau’s advice to us is perhaps a little easier to follow, since our program draws so much of its inspiration from the great philosophers who have come before us. However, I think his letter is [...] |
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