Feminist Ethics and Natural Law: The End of the Anathemas (Moral Traditions)
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| Rating | : | 4.60 (813 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0878407278 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 416 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-07-09 |
| Language | : | English |
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Cristina L. She received a PhD in theology from the University of Chicago Divinity School. . Traina is an assistant professor of religion at Northwestern University. H
On the other hand, she offers new perspectives on the writings of Josef Fuchs, Richard McCormick, and Gustavo Gutierrez, arguing that their failure to catch the full spirit of Thomas's moral vision is due to inadequate attention to feminist critical methods. This is a provocative book not only for students of moral theology but also for feminists who may object to the very notion of natural law ethics, suggesting how each might find insight in an unlikely place.. Traina now reexamines both Roman Catholic natural law tradition and Anglo-American feminist ethics and reconciles the two positions by showing how some of their aims and assumptions complement one another. Although feminist ethics reject many of the methods and conclusions of the scholastic and revisionist natural law schools, Traina shows that a truly Thomistic natural law ethic nonetheless provides a much-needed holistic foundation for contemporary feminist ethics. Cristina L.H. After carefully scrutinizing Aquinas's moral theology, she analyzes trends in both contemporary feminist ethics, theological as well as secular, and twentieth-century Roman Catholic moral theology. Heated debates over such issues as abortion, contraception, ordination, and Church hierarchy suggest that feminist and natural law ethics are diametrically opposed. This highly original book proposes an innovative
The aim of the whole offers a creative contribution to both traditions and an interesting perspective on the specific authors."Margaret A. Farley, Gilbert L. "The interpretation of both the Roman Catholic natural law tradition and Anglo-American feminist ethics is sharp and illuminating. Stark Professor of Christian Ethics, Yale University Divinity School
"Contextually relevant, thoroughly argued." according to Jacob W. Torbeck. Traina's book takes as its starting point the premise that feminist ethics, in the wake of postmodern philosophies of deconstruction, has an epistemological difficulty making strong, normative ethical claims. Her thesis is that a critical retrieval of the natural law tradition, with its telic anthropology, would gi