Published Date: January 3, 2015 | Topics: Politics and Current Affairs, Religion
By Robert P. George 1 . 3 . 15 So here we are waiting for Pope Francis to hand down his encyclical on our moral responsibility to care for the natural environment. Already there is lots of huffing and puffing, and ideological battle lines are being drawn. It seems that virtually nobody in the public […]
Published Date: February 1, 2006 | Topics: Natural Law, Philosophy
Theorists of public morality”from the ancient Greek philosophers and Roman jurists on”have noticed that apparently private acts of vice, when they multiply and become widespread, can imperil important public interests. This fact embarrasses philosophical efforts to draw a sharp line that distinguishes a realm of “private” morality that is not subject to law from a […]