PHILOSOPHY

Aristotle, Quintilian & Longinus on the importance of advocate's good character - 1998, 138/139, 116
Augustinian worldview informs recent Vatican dialogue on international stage - 2007, 158, 30
Christianity & government: views of Augustine, Aquinas, Luther, Calvin & O'Donovan - 2010, 165, 172
church state relations, nature of - 1971, 30, 18
common good, analysis of the concept of - 1987, 94/95, 99
commutative justice and positive law - 1968, 19, 78
conjoined twins case: utilitarian sacrifice of one for the other? - 2001, 147, 89
conjoined twins case: what criteria or objective values can be used? - 2001, 147, 89
death, what is it? - 1999, 140/141, 56
eternal norms: natural law theory, legal positivism & Biblical jurisprudence - 1994, 120/121, 12
ethical principles and development of economic policies - 1986, 88/89, 22
ethical standards, are they absolute? - 1999, 140/141, 65
freedom and the value of moral constraints - 1971, 31, 52
Frege-Geach problem analysed - 2006, 157, 39
'higher' law, the case for an ultimate - 1992, 112/113, 31
human, definition of being - 1999, 140/141, 65
human dignity in birth and death - 1999, 140/141, 65
human rights, establishing the existance of - 2006, 156, 53
human rights: nature of & limits of - 2005, 154, 6
humans, are they equal in value? - 1999, 140/141, 65
Hume's moral scepticism and the foundations of human rights - 2006, 157, 39
Hume's Non-Cognitivism & classical theories of ethics (a critique)- 2006, 157, 39
'idea' of Christianity (Newman) - 2005, 154, 35
justice, classical ideas of: Aristotle, Grotius - 2005, 155, 103
Kant, purpose of punishment - 2005, 155, 103
Kant & the Legal Positivists, attempts to sever law & morals - 1994, 122/123, 87
Keown's distinction between worthwhileness of treatment & worthwhileness of life - 2001, 147, 89
law as a reflection of values in society - 1967, 17, 123
Locke, equality and the American Declaration of Independence - 1991, 110/111, 70
moral values, the source of: objective or absolute? - 2000, 144, 18
natural law - 1968, 21, 132
natural law & cosmic harmony in Aquinas, Marx & eastern thought - 1994, 122/123, 121
natural law & the foundations of human rights - 2006, 157, 39
needs of individual against needs of society: utilitarianism - 1999, 140/141, 65
Newman's criteria of genuine development, applied to International law - 2005, 154, 35
Niebuhr on Christ & culture - 2002, 149, 125
Niebuhrian concepts of reason nature and freedom - 1985, 86/87, 37
objective and subjective foundations of ethical theories - 2006, 157, 39
political liberalism in the West, a Christian critique of underlying philosophy (eg Rawls) - 2005, 154, 66
radical scepticism & morality, problems of - 2006, 157, 39
reconciling the universal with the particular - 1999, 140/141, 3
Sartrean concept of freedom and justice - 1990, 106/107, 23
self-determination - do individuals have an absolute right to? - 1999, 140/141, 65
self-government, pluralism and Publius' statecraft - 1987, 92/93, 7
slavery: cannot be opposed by relativistic philosophies, need absolute transcendental perspective - 2007, 158, 4
slavery, inadequate philosophical opposition to (in Roman law, naturalistic ethics, enlightenment, Kant) - 2007, 158, 4
slavery: subsidiarity & sphere sovereignty: Christian reflections on the size, shape & scope of Government - 2003, 151, 111
torture, can some classes of people licitly be tortured? - 2007, 159, 103
torture, the difference of consequentialist & absolutist approaches - 2007, 159, 103
transcendent moral foundations in a secular legal context, search for - 1994, 122/123, 87
'verification principle', the analytical - 1996, 130/131, 100
Aquinas, St. Thomas
Christianity & government: views of Augustine, Aquinas, Luther, Calvin & O'Donovan - 2010, 165, 172
St Thomas Aquinas, property and the role of the state - 1989, 100/101, 46

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