What We Can't Not Know: A Guide - Couverture souple

Budziszewski, J.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1586174819 ISBN 13 : 9781586174811

Editeur : Ignatius Press, 2011

Synopsis

In this new revised edition of his groundbreaking work, Professor J. Budziszewski questions the modern assumption that moral truths are unknowable. With clear and logical arguments he rehabilitates the natural law tradition and restores confidence in a moral code based upon human nature. What We Can't Not Know explains the rational foundation of what we all really know to be right and wrong and shows how that foundation has been kicked out from under western society. Having gone through stages of atheism and nihilism in his own search for truth, Budziszewski understands the philosophical and personal roots of moral relativism. With wisdom born of both experience and rigorous intellectual inquiry, he offers a firm foothold to those who are attempting either to understand or to defend the reasonableness of traditional morality. While natural law bridges the chasms that can be caused by religious and philosophical differences, Budziszewski believes that natural law theory has entered a new phase, in which theology will again have pride of place. While religious belief might appear to hamper the search for common ground, Budziszewski demonstrates that it is not an obstacle, but a pathway to apprehending universal norms of behavior.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

J. Budziszewski is a professor of government and philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin. Among his several books are The Revenge of Conscience: Politics and the Fall of Man and The Line Through the Heart: Natural Law as Fact, Theory, and Sign of Contradiction.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Ignatius Press
• Date d'édition: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1586174819
• ISBN 13: 9781586174811
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 292
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