Normal ou naturel
Noting that the words 'normal' or 'natural' are often used to deconstruct or to sacralize archetypes considered redacted by some, and immutable by others, Elisabeth Dufourq examines their many meanings and their limitations. To avoid a relativism whose dangers have been denounced...
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| Format: | Electronic/Print Article |
| Language: | French |
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Peeters
[2015]
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Studia canonica
Year: 2015, Volume: 49, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 205-227 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Natural law
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/ Relativism
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| IxTheo Classification: | SB Catholic Church law |
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| Summary: | Noting that the words 'normal' or 'natural' are often used to deconstruct or to sacralize archetypes considered redacted by some, and immutable by others, Elisabeth Dufourq examines their many meanings and their limitations. To avoid a relativism whose dangers have been denounced by Pope Benedict XVI, without falling into a complacency that would 'domesticate the Holy Spirit', in the words of Pope Francis, she compares the use of the law conditionally called 'normal' with the philosophical history of the natural law. She demonstrates the importance of these two approaches, whose methods could be mutually enriching in service of an ethical construct, provided that scientists, jurists, and moral theologians are mutually introduced to the methods that they do not know, and provided that they respect the creative imagination without which the very image of the other can disappear. Constatant que les mots «normal» ou «naturel» sont souvent utilisés pour déconstruire ou pour sacraliser des archétypes jugés, par certains, réducteurs et, par d'autres, immuables, Elisabeth Dufourq s'interroge sur leur polysémie et leurs limites. Pour éviter un relativisme dont le pape Benoît XVI a dénoncé les dangers, sans tomber dans une suffisance qui porterait à «domestiquer l'Esprit Saint», selon le mot du pape François, elle croise l'utilisation de la loi conditionnelle dite «normale» et l'histoire philosophique de la loi naturelle. Elle montre l'intérêt de ces deux approches dont les méthodes pourraient s'enrichir mutuellement au service d'une éthique à construire, pourvu que les scientifiques, les juristes et les théologiens moralistes s'initient mutuellement aux méthodes qu'ils ignorent et respectent l'imagination créatrice sans laquelle l'image même de l'autre peut disparaître. |
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| ISSN: | 0039-310X |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Studia canonica
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2143/STC.49.1.3082844 |