Natural Law and Perspectivism: A Case for Plural Definitions of Objective Morality
This essay is about Catholic theological ethics and an explanation of competing answers to questions raised by Catholic ethicists. The core of the essay is a presentation of the cognitional theory of perspectivism as a counter to the concerns of relativism raised by Popes John Paul II and Benedict X...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage
[2017]
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| In: |
Irish theological quarterly
Year: 2017, Volume: 82, Issue: 1, Pages: 3-18 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Moral theology
/ Perspectivism
/ Natural law
/ Neo-Thomism
/ Marriage
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| IxTheo Classification: | KDB Roman Catholic Church NCA Ethics NCF Sexual ethics |
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| Summary: | This essay is about Catholic theological ethics and an explanation of competing answers to questions raised by Catholic ethicists. The core of the essay is a presentation of the cognitional theory of perspectivism as a counter to the concerns of relativism raised by Popes John Paul II and Benedict XVI. The essay considers the foundational theory of natural law and contrasts its 19th-century neo-Thomist understanding with Aquinas’s own understanding of natural law as reason. As a concrete illustration of the theories of perspectivism and natural law, the essay considers the question of contraception and its competing Catholic answers. |
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| ISSN: | 1752-4989 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Irish theological quarterly
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0021140016674275 |