Faithful Reason: Essays Catholic and Philosophical

by Haldane,John

• ISBN13: 9780415207034
• ISBN10: 0415207037
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2004-08-13
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

In Faithful Reason , the noted Catholic philosopher John Haldane explores various aspects of intellectual and practical life from a perspective inspired by Catholic thought and informed by his distinctive philosophical approach: 'Analytical Thomism'. Haldane's discussions of ethics, politics, education, art, social philosophy and other themes explain why Catholic thought is still relevant in today's world, and show how the legacy of Thomas Aquinas can benefit modern philosophy in its efforts to answer fundamental questions about humanity and its place within nature. Drawing on a Catholic philosophical tradition that is committed to concepts of the world's intrinsic intelligibility and the objectivity of truth, Faithful Reason 's bold and insightful perspectives provide rich matter for debate, and food for further thought.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Acknowledgements	viii
Introduction: analytical Thomism and faithful reason	x
PART I Catholicism and philosophy	1	(42)
1 Thomism and the future of Catholic philosophy	3	(12)
2 Maclntyre's Thomist revival: what next?	15	(16)
3 The diversity of philosophy and the unity of its vocation: some philosophical reflections on Fides et Ratio	31	(12)
PART II Faith and reason	43	(70)
4 Critical orthodoxy	45	(14)
5 Infallibility, authority and faith	59	(16)
6 Incarnational anthropology	75	(19)
7 Examining the Assumption	94	(19)
PART III Ethics and politics	113	(70)
8 Medieval and Renaissance ethics	115	(14)
9 Natural law and ethical pluralism	129	(23)
10 From law to virtue and back again: on Veritatis Splendor	152	(12)
11 Can a Catholic be a liberal? Catholic social teaching and communitarianism	164	(13)
12 Religious toleration	177	(6)
PART IV Education and spirituality	183	(52)
13 Chesterton's philosophy of education	185	(14)
14 Religion in education: in defence of a tradition	199	(12)
15 Catholic education and Catholic identity	211	(10)
16 The need of spirituality in Catholic education	221	(14)
PART V Beauty and contemplation	235	(45)
17 Medieval and Renaissance aesthetics	237	(6)
18 Form, meaning and value: a history of the philosophy of architecture	243	(13)
19 Admiring the high mountains: the aesthetics of environment	256	(10)
20 De Consolatione Philosophiae	266	(14)
Index	280