Butler interprets Aquinas: how to speak thomistically about sex
This essay examines whether the Catholic magisterium's use of Aquinas to condemn homosexual acts is actually Thomistic. Rather than being aligned with the magisterium, Aquinas advances a moral epistemology better illuminated by the work of philosopher Judith Butler. Deploying Butler as a means...
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| Format: | Electronic/Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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[2014]
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Journal of religious ethics
Year: 2014, Volume: 42, Issue: 2, Pages: 187-215 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Thomas Aquinas 1225-1274
/ Butler, Judith 1956-
/ Church teaching office
/ Homosexuality
/ Natural law
/ Ethics
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| IxTheo Classification: | KCD Hagiography; saints KDB Roman Catholic Church NBE Anthropology NCF Sexual ethics RB Church office; congregation |
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| Summary: | This essay examines whether the Catholic magisterium's use of Aquinas to condemn homosexual acts is actually Thomistic. Rather than being aligned with the magisterium, Aquinas advances a moral epistemology better illuminated by the work of philosopher Judith Butler. Deploying Butler as a means of immanent critique, I show how magisterial attempts to argue against lesbian and gay sex fail on their own terms. Reading Aquinas alongside Butler shows us why we need not choose between fidelity to Thomistic natural law and affirmation of lesbians and gays. |
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| ISSN: | 0384-9694 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of religious ethics
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/jore.12053 |