The line through the heart
Subtitle: natural law as fact, theory, and sign of contradiction
By: J. Budziszewski
Publisher: Intercollegiate Studies Institute
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Wilmington, DE
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781610170031
Subjects: Natural law; Religion and law; PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy; Christianity
Description: "<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center">Budziszewski on natural law is simply the best. . . . A must read."  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.5in; text-align: center">--<B>James V. Schall, S.J.</b>, author of Another Sort of Learning <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center">--<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center">"Truly fundamental . . . I shall enjoy reading [it] over and over again."  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.5in; text-align: center">--<B>Russell Hittinger</b>, author of The First Grace <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt">--<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center">--<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center"><B>Why do we demand happiness on terms that make happiness impossible?</b> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt">--<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt">In this brilliantly persuasive book, bestselling author J. Budziszewski examines the suicidal proclivity of our time, which is to deny the obvious. Our hearts are riddled with desires that oppose their deepest longings. Why? And what can we do about it? <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt">--<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt">Acclaimed philosopher J. Budziszewski addresses these questions in the brilliantly persuasive book <B>The Line Through the Heart</b>, finding the answers in the natural law. The journey of exploration takes us through politics, religion, ethics, law, philosophy, and more, with Budziszewski as expert guide. <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt">--<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt">While investigating the natural law and its implications, Budziszewski boldly confronts a wide range of contemporary issues, offering a newly integrated view of abortion, evolution, euthanasia, capital punishment, runaway courts, and the ersatz state religion built in the name of religious toleration. <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt">--<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt">Written in Budziszewski's usual crystalline style, <B>The Line Through the Heart</b> shows that natural law is a matter of concern not merely to scholars but to everyone, for it touches how each of us lives, and how all of us live together. His profound examination of this subject helps us make sense of why habits that run against our nature have become second nature, and why our world seems to be going mad. --"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Natural law as fact, theory, and sign of contradiction; title: The second tablet project; title: The mystery of what?; title: The natural, the connatural, and the unnatural; title: Accept no imitations: natural law vs. naturalism; title: Thou shalt not kill . . . whom? the meaning of the person; title: Capital punishment: the case for justice; title: Constitution vs. constitutionalism; title: Constitutional metaphysics; title: The liberal, illiberal religion.