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Undiscussed effects of an Obama victory?

Posted on October 15, 2008
In all the back-and-forth over the effects of an Obama election victory, there are two that appear to me to be crucial yet largely or entirely undiscussed. One is the effect of an Obama victory on abortion worldwide. An international...

Weigel and Social Supports

Posted on October 15, 2008
Rick and Eduardo have already weighed on George Weigel's article and expressed some of my thoughts. Weigel states the powerful pro-life case against Obama, which I recognize and feel deeply. But -- and I want to make a point about...

Welcome to "Public Discourse"

Posted on October 15, 2008
"Public Discourse" is the not-blog (though it is kind of like a blog) of the Witherspoon Institute at Princeton. Here is the link, and here is a description of the not-blog's mission and a list of the (impressive array of)...

Weigel in Newsweek on Obama Catholics

Posted on October 15, 2008
George Weigel takes a crack at arguing against the permissibility of Catholics voting for Obama in a column in Newsweek. Lots of interesting stuff in there, but this paragraph struck me as particularly important ... and wrong: The pro-Obama, pro-life...

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Weigel on "Pro Life Catholics for Obama"

Posted on October 15, 2008
Here's George Weigel, in Newsweek, discussing Prof. Kmiec, et al.: . . . [Kmiec's and others'] argument, in sum: the constitutional and legal arguments that have raged since Roe vs. Wade are over, and Catholics have lost; there are many...

Recent Scholarship on Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis

Posted on October 15, 2008
I've discussed some of the issues underlying preimplantation genetic interventions on MOJ before. Coincidentally, my SSRN e-mails this morning contained two new postings discussing different aspects of this kind of technology with some interesting perspectives...

Response to Eduardo

Posted on October 15, 2008
There's a lot to think about in Eduardo's response to George Weigel (here). He is right, of course -- and I suspect that Weigel would agree -- that there is an important "distinction between morality and law in Catholic legal...

[This post, surely of interest

Posted on October 14, 2008
[This post, surely of interest to many MOJ readers, appeared this morning at dotCommonweal.] Can you deny a bishop communion? October 14, 2008, 8:16 am Posted by David Gibson It would be interesting to see Supreme Knight Carl Anderson (see...

The Vocation of the Child

Posted on October 14, 2008
Those of us looking to get an early jump on our Christmas shopping should be ecstatic that Patrick Brennan's indispensable new book, The Vocation of the Child, is now available. Here's the description: Rather than discussing their possible vocation, discussions...

Question for Eduardo

Posted on October 14, 2008
I confess that this post has, so far as I can tell, nothing to do with "Catholic legal theory." But, I can't help it (mea culpa!) . . . Eduardo, what, exactly, is objectionably "tepid" about Sen. McCain's statement about...

An Interesting Event

Posted on October 14, 2008
Stephen Braunlich, a law student at Catholic U., rightly thought that many MOJers would be interested in this: The Catholic Vote 2008: A Life Cycle Colloquium You are cordially invited to join the fellows and friends of the Life Cycle...

Politics of Identification?

Posted on October 14, 2008
My former colleague, John Stinneford, had these thoughtful comments about my post on identity politics. He suggests that there is a "connection between identity (or perhaps ?identification?) and the genuinely social and political nature of the human person...

President Obama's "first act"

Posted on October 14, 2008
He desribes it here. Those who care about reducing the number of abortions, including of the partial-birth sort, can be grateful for the candidate's occasional transparency.

Identity Politics

Posted on October 13, 2008
One of the difficult issues explored in Amy and Michael S.'s extraordinary exchange on faithful citizenship at UST last week was how to address the emotional volatility of this election, so we can continue to work together after Election Day...

Catholic Social Thought and Citizenship at Villanova Law

Posted on October 13, 2008
Well, we had a rewarding day at the Sixth Annual Symposium on CST and the Law here at Villanova Law on Saturday. It is hard to believe this was our 6th conference! When we started,only occasional conferences at Notre Dame...

Who's more nasty?

Posted on October 13, 2008
I don't want to belabor the point. I saw that Malkin post as well (the one to which Rick links in his reply to me below). The problem with the comparison in this context is not one of adjudication but...

The Tenacity of Unbelief

Posted on October 13, 2008
Last month, the Templeton Foundation sponsored a debate between renowned atheist Christopher Hitchens and Msgr. Lorenzo Albacete (a trained physicist) on the question of ?Does Science make belief in God Obsolete.? During the discussion Hitchens said: "If I saw a...

There Are Many Gods That Fail

Posted on October 13, 2008
Sightings 10/13/08 Another 'God that Failed' -- Martin E. Marty "The Fall: Original Sin & Free-Market Capitalism," "After the Meltdown," and "Government Is Not the Problem: Thirty Years of Bad Economic Policy," by William Pfaff, Charles R. Morris and Jeff...

Conscience and Voting: The Big Question

Posted on October 13, 2008
My recent essay ?It?s Hard Work: Reflections on Conscience and Citizenship in the Catholic Tradition,? is in part a strong critique of the Voter?s Guide for Serious Catholics and similar lines of analyses, which outline voting as a two step...

Response to Lisa: Identity Politics and Empathy

Posted on October 13, 2008
Lisa, thank you for your Identity Politics post. I think you hit the nail right on the head in naming one of the roots of the underlying tensions we have been experiencing over the past month. But what touched me...

Another review of Arbp. Chaput

Posted on October 12, 2008
Michael linked to Prof. Kmiec's review of Arbp. Chaput's "Render Unto Caesar". (He is not the reviewer I would have expected, given that "Render" is a pretty forceful critique of Kmiec's current thinking about politics and abortion.) In any event,...

Additional election issues for consideration in the context of CLT

Posted on October 12, 2008
Since my last posting of a few days ago, I have identified two more important issues for CLT consideration during this election season. They are: (1) judicial selection, and (2) religious freedom. Whoever is elected to the presidency will have...

Education: One of the Most Important, and Most Neglected, Isues in This Presidential Campaign

Posted on October 12, 2008
In recent weeks and months, we have returned regularly to prudential questions about government programs and government spending, as well as private and religious initiatives and alternatives, and their value and efficacy in creating the conditions for human thriving...

Doug Kmiec Review Archbishop Chaput

Posted on October 12, 2008
From this week's Commonweal. Catholic Answers Two books for voters who take their faith seriously Reviewed by Douglas W. Kmiec Render unto Caesar Serving the Nation by Living Our Catholic Beliefs in Political Life Charles J. Chaput Doubleday, $21.95, 272...

Senator Bob Casey on "the Catholic Vote"

Posted on October 10, 2008
At a September 18 roundtable discussion with religion reporters, five Senate Democrats talked about the role of religion in politics and Democratic outreach to religious leaders and communities of faith. Senator Robert Casey (D-PA) spoke of the need for politicians...

Obama-McCain comparison sheets on abortion

Posted on October 10, 2008
Please pass these informative sheets (in English and in Spanish) on to any USA voters you know. They are short summaries, suitable for distribution or posting, contrasting Obama's abortion position and proposals with those of McCain: http://www.nrlchapters...

Palin and Paleo

Posted on October 10, 2008
Eduardo's post at dotCommonweal is worth reposting here: The Courage To Say the Obvious October 10, 2008, 2:07 pm Posted by Eduardo Pe�alver These days, it takes more courage than usual for conservatives to say the obvious. So Kudos to...

Who's more nasty? Responding (sort of) to Eduardo

Posted on October 10, 2008
I could -- but am not going to -- post a bunch of links and clips to web sites (Kos, HuffPost, Andrew Sullivan, etc.), TV shows (Rachel M., Keith O.), news stories, etc., to the effect that partisans on the...

Connecticut Sup Ct mandates SSM

Posted on October 10, 2008
The Connecticut Supreme Court has overturned the state's ban on same-sex marriage. The majority opinion is here. From the introduction: We . . . conclude that (1) our state scheme discriminates on the basis of sexual orientation, (2) for the...

A Catholic Dialogue on Voting

Posted on October 10, 2008
Yesterday, the Murphy Institute for Catholic Thought, Law and Public Policy sponsored a forum at the University of St. Thomas School of Law entitled, Faithful Citizenship: A Catholic DIalogue on Voting. The two speakers for the program, which I was...

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