After all, he probably would not accept them from a priest known to espouse a more
liberal philosophy than his, especially as that person would probably not be a «Real American» in his and Sarah's eyes.
Rather because it excludes faith it also excludes philosophical reason, thereby deciding all ultimate questions in advance on the basis of
a liberal philosophy of nature and reason so ubiquitous as to be invisible.
Liberal philosophy rejected this requirement of human self - limitation.
This debate is further evidence of religions ability to leverage post modern
liberal philosophy to the advantage of divisive groups.
The sense of the end of history has been expressed, both in the extraordinary popularity of dystopias, as well as, paradoxically, in
liberal philosophy that does not lack utopian traits (Francis Fukuyama).
The Renaissance insight of the possibility of indefinite moral improvement does not mean that Niebuhr returned to
a liberal philosophy of progress for the social order.
In the 1940s it was a widely respected source of both general trade books and works of
liberal philosophy and religion, publishing figures like Albert Schweitzer, James Baldwin and Arnold Toynbee.
Harassment is a bad thing anywhere, but in this case, it's a deep betrayal of the values of equality and dignity that underly
liberal philosophy and the the progressive movement.
[Pennsylvania Libertarian Party Chairman] Dr. Tom Stevens suggests that, if you generally follow the fiscally conservative / socially
liberal philosophy, you are most likely a Libertarian.
The VVD is a party founded on
liberal philosophy, [38] traditionally being the most ardent supporter of «free markets» of all Dutch political parties, promoting political, economic liberalism, classical liberalism, cultural liberalism, but also (in contrast to this) committed to the idea of the welfare state.
Inspired by
the liberal philosophy of Bentham, in the 1800s Robert Owen proved that commercial success went hand in hand with valuing workers.
2) This was published in 1690 and I likely the first widely read discourse on what is now considered the classic
liberal philosophy and is considered the source of the liberalism movement.
She will have to tread carefully between her own
liberal philosophy and Amedore's shadow.
«[Tkaczyk] will have to tread carefully between her own
liberal philosophy and Amedore's shadow.
The scholars and directors interviewed here speak of a certain savviness with regard to her image, and various clips show Mansfield speaking multiple languages, playing violin and espousing
liberal philosophies in her charming voice.
1, No. 2 (Summer 1961), pp. 12 — 18; Ralph Raico, The Place of Religion in
the Liberal Philosophy of Constant, Tocqueville, and Lord Acton (Auburn, AL: Ludwig von Mises Institute, 1970), p. 67; and Raul A. Rahe, Soft Despotism, Democracy's Drift: Montesquieu, Rousseau, Tocqueville, & the Modern Prospect (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2009), pp. 143 — 280.
Perhaps one of the greatest conundrums of classical
liberal philosophy is the tolerance that classical liberalism exhibits towards those who choose to follow opposite ideologies, such as communism, socialism, communitarianism and, more recently, «greenism».
Not exact matches
The school is centered on
liberal arts, and it offers 37 majors, including studio art, journalism, and
philosophy.
Liberal MLA Mary Polak (Langley) was instrumental as a Surrey School Board trustee in banning gay - positive books from Surrey Schools: The book ban was later struck down by the Supreme Court of Canada which said «instead of proceeding on the basis of respect for all types of families, the Board proceeded on an exclusionary
philosophy, acting on the concern of certain parents about the morality of same - sex relationships, without considering the interest of same - sex parented families and the children who belong to them in receiving equal recognition and respect in the school system.»
It could just as well be argued that those in the
liberal arts become more adept at literature, music, or
philosophy and are, therefore, «better educated».
The fact that I attempt, very carefully, to show how a Christian public
philosophy needs to take into account the contending views of various Christians» as well as our entire
liberal / conservative political tradition» does not weaken my appeal for something more fully, integrally, and distinctively Christian.
The purpose is to underscore what ancient
philosophy had understood about itself and the purpose of the
liberal arts.
In the pages of the Wall Street Journal, Peggy Noonan wonders if a string of failures for the Obama administration counts as mounting evidence not only against his primary claim to rule, executive competence, but also against the undergirding premises of
liberal political
philosophy.
Yet it is surely a sign of the impoverishment of common culture and the common good — and an index of the degree to which
liberal order has succeeded in establishing itself as both — that we are virtually required to equate love of country with devotion to the animating
philosophy of the regime rather than to, say, the tales of our youth, the lay of the land and the bend in the road, and «peace and quiet and good tilled earth.»
It was also the most helpful for one concerned with nature, science,
philosophy,
liberal religion, and good writing — all of which my wife had learned to appreciate before I met her.
It needs to be stressed that the interest in which the «
liberal arts,» including literature and culminating in
philosophy, were read was religious.
«Only relatively late were the more rational branches of education added... and the system of
liberal arts, invented...; finally
philosophy was added,» [12] above all, from the second century on, «divine Plato.»
Broadly speaking, we may characterize the civic project of American Christianity as the attempt to harmonize Christianity and
liberal order and to anchor American public
philosophy in the substance of Protestant morality, Catholic social teaching, or some version of natural law that might qualify as public reason.
As to curriculum, Dupré points out that many Catholic schools have reduced the ideal of a Catholic
liberal education to «a few courses on religion, ethics, and a smattering of
philosophy in an otherwise wholly pragmatically oriented curriculum.»
This dual focus on reason and ethics similarly explains the close attention religious
liberals have paid to the sciences — physics as a source for better cosmologies, and the biological and social sciences as a source for both ethics and
philosophies of history.
By the end of his long life in 1935, Holmes was virtually a national monument, and
liberal intellectuals found it convenient to portray him positively as a forerunner of the new governing
philosophy.
The communitarian critique of liberalism, whatever one may think of it as
philosophy, has succeeded in reminding
liberals that liberalism does have social and cultural presuppositions, and that these must be attended to if liberalism is to survive.
In recent years, conservative Aristotelian - Thomists like Patrick Deneen and Alasdair MacIntyre have made the argument that a moral
philosophy entailing a substantive account of human happiness or fulfillment is simply incompatible with the American
liberal - democratic political order.
Randall E. Auxier is Associate Professor of
Philosophy and Director of the Institute of
Liberal Arts at Oklahoma City University in Oklahoma City, OK 73106 He is also Editor of the journal, The Personalist Forum.
In the General Introduction to the series of which this book was one, R. Gregor Smith says that «neither the idealist nor the linguistic
philosophy, neither the
liberal nor the neo-Calvinist nor the neo-Thomist theology is able itself to speak properly to the needs of our time.»
While Crosby's interest in this article is limited to Tertullian's quandary (and our own) of relating the elements of the Christian university, that is,
philosophy, literature, history, and the
liberal arts, to the life of redemption and faith, the underlying issue at stake seems easily to extend beyond intellectual culture.
So we read, on the first count, that
philosophy is prized in Silicon Valley; or, in arguments made popular by Fareed Zakaria, the
liberal arts are essential for innovation and so the promotion of prosperity.
Bernstein sees Dewey's
liberal, political outlook as completely consistent with his view that
philosophy's main task is «to become practical, where this means addressing itself to the basic issues and conflicts that confront us, and making practical judgments about what is to be done» (PA 225).
Roe became so quickly institutionalized because it reflects a
philosophy held by many in our society (whether «
liberal» or «conservative») that the greatest right is the right to privacy and that the power of the state must regard itself as a means thereto.
I'll leave it to others to debate his definitions of liberalism and other political
philosophies, and there's a whole other debate to be had about whether his leadership of the
Liberal Democrat party was doomed by his Christian faith, as he claims, or his failure to return a higher number of MPs at this year's General Election.
Studies in language, mathematics, science, art, history, and
philosophy are not made
liberal merely by recognizing and calling attention to the creative factors in these disciplines and in the human activities with which they deal.
He is editor - elect of Religious Education, editor of
Philosophy of Education 1992, and the author of numerous articles, including «Science and Spirituality: Tradition and Interpretation in
Liberal Education,» which will appear in Curriculum Inquiry.
If this can be done we shall have passed beyond the crisis of
liberal Christianity; for the
liberal view of the relation of Christian love to moral problems is in difficulty today precisely because the
philosophy of history on which it is based does not sufficiently recognize the tragic obstacles which are set in the way of the life of love.
Both
liberal political
philosophy and
liberal Christianity have put a large measure of trust in the achievement of the good society through establishment of a legal constitutional order which embodies the essential ideals of justice and equality.
He graduated with a
liberal studies degree and down the road plans to pursue graduate studies in
philosophy and theology with the intent of being a professor.]
By the way, I have a B.A. in
Philosophy / Theology from Point Loma Nazarene University (a school known for having some very
liberal theology professors (not a fundamentalist Christian school).
Darwinism» even if true» has no resources to support any real
philosophy, whether conservative or
liberal, vegetarian or royalist.
The students at these levels may not master the finer points of Aristotelian
philosophy, but they at least gain an introduction to the history and greatest books of western civilization --- which is to say, they're receiving a better
liberal arts education than most of today's college students.
Oakeshott consistently focused both on the essence of the activity (poetry,
philosophy,
liberal learning) and on the character of the individual who engages in it.
The title of his essay is «John Rawls and the
Liberal Faith,» and the occasion is the publication of Rawls» Lectures on the History of Moral
Philosophy.