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George, Robert Peter was born on July 10, 1955 in Morgantown, West Virginia, United States. Son of Joseph Michael and Catherine Victoria (Sellaro) George.
(Contemporary liberal thinkers commonly suppose that there...)
Contemporary liberal thinkers commonly suppose that there is something in principle unjust about the legal prohibition of putatively victimless crimes. Here Robert P. George defends the traditional justification of morals legislation against criticisms advanced by leading liberal theorists. He argues that such legislation can play a legitimate role in maintaining a moral environment conducive to virtue and inhospitable to at least some forms of vice. Among the liberal critics of morals legislation whose views George considers are Ronald Dworkin, Jeremy Waldron, David A.J. Richards, and Joseph Raz. He also considers the influential modern justification for morals legislation offered by Patrick Devlin as an alternative to the traditional approach. George closes with a sketch of a "pluralistic perfectionist" theory of civil liberties and public morality, showing that it is fully compatible with a defense of morals legislation. Making Men Moral will interest legal scholars and political theorists as well as theologians and philosophers focusing on questions of social justice and political morality.
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In Making Men Moral, his 1995 book, George questioned the central doctrines of liberal jurisprudence and political theory. In his new work he extends his critique of liberalism, and also goes beyond it to show how contemporary natural law theory provides a superior way of thinking about basic problems of justice and political morality. Students as well as scholars in law, political science, and philosophy will find George's arguments stimulating, challenging, and compelling.
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In The Clash of Orthodoxies: Law, Religion, and Morality in Crisis, Robert George tackles the issues at the heart of the contemporary conflict of worldviews. Challenging liberalism's claim to represent the triumph of reason, George argues that on controversial issues like abortion, embryonic stem-cell research, euthanasia, same-sex unions, civil rights and liberties, and the place of religion in public life, traditional Judeo-Christian beliefs are rationally superior to their secular liberal alternatives.
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(Germain Grisez has been a leading voice in moral philosop...)
Germain Grisez has been a leading voice in moral philosophy and theology since the Second Vatican Council. In this book, such major thinkers as John Finnis, Ralph McInerny, and William E. May consider issues in ethics, metaphysics, and politics that have been central to Grisez's work. Grisez's reconsideration of the philosophical foundations of Christian moral teaching, seeking to eliminate both legalistic interpretation and theological dissent, has won the support of a number of leading Catholic moralists. In the past decade, moreover, many philosophers outside of Catholicism have weighed carefully Grisez's alternatives to theories that have long dominated secular moral philosophy. This book presents a broad spectrum of viewpoints on subjects ranging from contraception to capital punishment and considers such controversies as the scriptural basis of Grisez's work his interpretations of Aquinas, and his new natural law theory. The collection includes not only contributions from Grisez's supporters but also from critics of his thought, from proportionalist Edward Collins Vacek, SJ, to the neo-Thomist Ralph McInerny. A reply by Grisez, written with Joseph M. Boyle Jr., addresses the issues and viewpoints expressed, while an afterword by Russell Shaw reviews Grisez's pioneering work and conveys a vivid sense of the philosopher's personality. As Grisez's influence grows, this volume will serve as an important touchstone on his contributions to moral and political philosophy and theology.
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This text presents cutting edge contemporary materials, as well as new chapters on Natural Law, Positivism, Gay Legal Rights and Critical Lawyering. The book offers comprehensive coverage of legal theory from traditional to current movements, including new materials on Legal Formalism, Legal Process, Latino Critical, and Queer Critical Theory. Also contains extensive readings and updated and amplified notes, questions, problems, and bibliographies.
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(This book treats the question of what a human person is a...)
This book treats the question of what a human person is and the ethical and political controversies of abortion, hedonism and drug-taking, euthanasia, and sex ethics. It defends the position that human beings are both body and soul, with a fundamental and morally important difference from other animals. It defends the traditional position on the most controversial specific moral and political issues of the day.
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(Germain Grisez has been a leading voice in moral philosop...)
Germain Grisez has been a leading voice in moral philosophy and theology since the Second Vatican Council. In this book, such major thinkers as John Finnis, Ralph McInerny, and William E. May consider issues in ethics, metaphysics, and politics that have been central to Grisez's work. Grisez's reconsideration of the philosophical foundations of Christian moral teaching, seeking to eliminate both legalistic interpretation and theological dissent, has won the support of a number of leading Catholic moralists. In the past decade, moreover, many philosophers outside of Catholicism have weighed carefully Grisez's alternatives to theories that have long dominated secular moral philosophy. This book presents a broad spectrum of viewpoints on subjects ranging from contraception to capital punishment and considers such controversies as the scriptural basis of Grisez's work his interpretations of Aquinas, and his new natural law theory. The collection includes not only contributions from Grisez's supporters but also from critics of his thought, from proportionalist Edward Collins Vacek, SJ, to the neo-Thomist Ralph McInerny. A reply by Grisez, written with Joseph M. Boyle Jr., addresses the issues and viewpoints expressed, while an afterword by Russell Shaw reviews Grisez's pioneering work and conveys a vivid sense of the philosopher's personality. As Grisez's influence grows, this volume will serve as an important touchstone on his contributions to moral and political philosophy and theology.
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(Germain Grisez has been a leading voice in moral philosop...)
Germain Grisez has been a leading voice in moral philosophy and theology since the Second Vatican Council. In this book, such major thinkers as John Finnis, Ralph McInerny, and William E. May consider issues in ethics, metaphysics, and politics that have been central to Grisez's work. Grisez's reconsideration of the philosophical foundations of Christian moral teaching, seeking to eliminate both legalistic interpretation and theological dissent, has won the support of a number of leading Catholic moralists. In the past decade, moreover, many philosophers outside of Catholicism have weighed carefully Grisez's alternatives to theories that have long dominated secular moral philosophy. This book presents a broad spectrum of viewpoints on subjects ranging from contraception to capital punishment and considers such controversies as the scriptural basis of Grisez's work his interpretations of Aquinas, and his new natural law theory. The collection includes not only contributions from Grisez's supporters but also from critics of his thought, from proportionalist Edward Collins Vacek, SJ, to the neo-Thomist Ralph McInerny. A reply by Grisez, written with Joseph M. Boyle Jr., addresses the issues and viewpoints expressed, while an afterword by Russell Shaw reviews Grisez's pioneering work and conveys a vivid sense of the philosopher's personality. As Grisez's influence grows, this volume will serve as an important touchstone on his contributions to moral and political philosophy and theology.
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George, Robert Peter was born on July 10, 1955 in Morgantown, West Virginia, United States. Son of Joseph Michael and Catherine Victoria (Sellaro) George.
Bachelor, Swarthmore College, 1977. Message Telecommunications Service, Juris Doctor, Harvard University, 1981. Doctor of Philosophy, Oxford University, 1986.
DChE (honorary), University Steubenville, 2000. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Spring Arbor University, 2001. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Institute for Psychological Sciences, 2002.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), Gonzaga University, 2002. Doctor of Science (honorary), Hillsdale College, 2003. Doctor of Letters (honorary), Union University, 2003.
Data Control Language (honorary), Bryan College, 2006. Doctor of Juridical Science (honorary), Providence College, 2008.
Lecturer New College Oxford University, England, 1982-1985, visiting fellow England, 1988. From assistant professor to professor Princeton University, New Jersey, 1986-1999, McCormick professor jurisprudence, since 1999, director James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions, since 2000, associate faculty member, department philosophy, since 2008. Of counsel Robinson & McElwee, Charleston, West Virginia, since 1990.
Director Mellon Law Seminar, Princeton University, 1986-1988, faculty parliamentarian, since 1987, member executive committee Program in Law and Public Affairs, 1998—2002. Chairman visiting examiners Swarthmore (Pennsylvania) College, 1988, 92. Member academy advisory board Judiciary Leadership Development Council, since 1990.
Presidential apartment United States Commission Civil Rights, 1993-1998. Member President's Council on Bioethics, since 2002, United Nations Educational World Commission on the Ethics Science Knowledge and Technology, 2008. Royden B. Davis visiting professor Georgetown University, 1994.
Harold Gill Reuschlein distinguished visiting professor Villanova University, 2002. Jack Rudin and John Driscoll distinguished visiting professor Iona College, 2002. J. Michael Miller visiting professor University St. Thomas, 2005.
Hall Family foundation district visiting professor William Jewell College, 2006. Faculty associate University Center for Human Values, since 1999. Board governors Ave Maria Law School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1999—2005.
International advisory board Center for the Study of Constitutionalism, University London. Advisory board member Program in Human Rights and Medicine, University Minnesota, since 1999, Ethikon Institute, since 2000, Ethics and Public Policy Center, since 2000, Institute on Religion and Democracy, since 2001, Family Research Council, since 2002, Center Individual Rights, since 2006, Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, 2007, Encounter Books, since 2007. International advisory board Notre Dame Center for Ethics and Culture.
Member director's advisory group University Pennsylvania Center for Research on Religion and Urban Civil Society, since 2002. Member advisory council Faith and Reason Institute, 2001— member international science committee Persona y Derecho. United States representative to 20th anniversary Comité Consultatif d'Ethique, Paris, 2003.
Member Council Foreign Relations, since 2003. Herbert W. Vaughan senior fellow, Witherspoon Institute, since 2007. John Dewey lecturer philosophy of law, Harvard University, 2007.
Distinguished senior visiting fellow, Hoover Institute, Stanford University, 2008. Guido Calabresi fellow in law and religion, Yale University, since 2008.
(This book treats the question of what a human person is a...)
(In The Clash of Orthodoxies: Law, Religion, and Morality ...)
(Contemporary liberal thinkers commonly suppose that there...)
(This text presents cutting edge contemporary materials, a...)
(In Making Men Moral, his 1995 book, George questioned the...)
(Germain Grisez has been a leading voice in moral philosop...)
(Germain Grisez has been a leading voice in moral philosop...)
(Germain Grisez has been a leading voice in moral philosop...)
(Clash Of Orthodoxies: Law Religion & Morality In Crisis b...)
Author: Making Men Moral: Civil Liberties and Public Morality, 1993, In Defense of Natural Law, 1999, The Clash of Orthodoxies: Law, Morality, and Religion in Crisis, 2001. Editor: Natural Law Theory, 1992, The Autonomy of Law: Essays on Legal Positivism, 1996, Natural Law, Liberalism and Morality, 1996, Natural Law and Moral Inquiry: Ethics, Metaphysics and Politics in the Work of Germain Grisez, 1998, Great Cases in Constitutional Law, 2000, Natural Law and Public Reason, 2000, Constitutional Politics: Essays on Constitution Making, Maintenance and Change, 2001, Natural Law, 2003, The Meaning of Marriage, 2006. Member editorial board American Journal Jurisprudence, since 1990, International Journal Biotechnology Law, 2004, Journal Law, Philosophy and Culture, since 2007.Member editorial advisory board First Things, since 1996. Series editor New Forum Books of Princeton University Press, since 1996. Member board consultant editors Academic Questions, since 1997.Associate editor Touchstone Magazine, since 2001. Co-author Embryo: A Defense of of Human Life, 2008, Body Self-Dualism in Contemporary Ethics and Politics, 2008. Contributor articles to professional journals.
Chairman Federalist Society Religious Liberties Practice Group, 1996—1999. Fellow Wilberforce Forum (senior ). Member National Association Scholars (board directors 1996-2003), American Public Philosophy Institute (board directors), Council on Foreign Relations, Philosophy Education Society (board directors), Paul Ramsey Colloquium of Institute on Religion and Public Life, Johnson and Chesterton Club, Cosmos Club, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Cindy Schrom, December 11, 1982. Children: David, Rachel.