Law's Virtues by Cathleen Kaveny
Can the law promote moral values even in pluralistic societies such as the United States? Drawing upon important federal legislation such as the Americans with Disabilities Act, this title argues that it can. It also argues that the law rightly promotes the values of autonomy and solidarity.-
The Banality of Good and Evil
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Reconsidering Intellectual Disability
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Love, Human and Divine
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The Development of Moral Theology
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The Moral Theology of Pope John Paul II
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Loyal Dissent
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Radical Sufficiency
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Art and Moral Change
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The Moral Vision of Pope Francis
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Sacred and Social
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Rethinking Justice in Catholic Social Thought
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Ethics and Economics of Assisted Reproduction
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The Acting Person and Christian Moral Life
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United States Welfare Policy
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The Context of Casuistry
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Bridging the Sacred and the Secular
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Keeping Faith with Human Rights
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Consumer Ethics in a Global Economy
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Moral Evil
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Sex, Violence, and Justice
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The Ethics of Aquinas
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Creative Conformity
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All God's Animals
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Diverse Voices in Modern US Moral Theology
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A Culture of Engagement
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Overcoming Our Evil
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Hope for Common Ground
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Human Rights in a Divided World
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Beyond Virtue Ethics
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Growing in Virtue
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Wealth, Virtue, and Moral Luck
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The Fullness of Free Time
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John Cuthbert Ford, SJ
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The Ground Beneath the Cross
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On Teaching and Learning Christian Ethics
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A Call to Fidelity
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Beyond Biology
A rich and, finally, polemical commentary on how Americans committed to Catholic teaching should respond morally and jurisprudentially to certain new moral problemsJournal of Religion Thought provoking. Choice Moving beyond the 'culture wars' model of political engagement, Cathleen Kaveny digs deep in Law's Virtues to deliver a must read for anyone who cares about the relationship of law and morality in our pluralistic society. America Magazine Professor Kaveny's book is an excellent resource for understanding the relationsihp that ought to exist between law and ethics. Health Progress Given [the author's] intellectual gifts and also her position as professor of both theology and law at a prominent Catholic University, the arguments of this book will very likely have an influence, especially in Catholic circles, during the presidential campaign season of 2016. -- Kevin L. Flannery First Things
Cathleen Kaveny is John P. Murphy Foundation Professor of Law and professor of theology at the University of Notre Dame. She holds a JD and a PhD in religious ethics from Yale University. She is a regular columnist for Commonweal.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781589019324 |
| ISBN 10 | 1589019326 |
| Title | Law's Virtues |
| Author | Cathleen Kaveny |
| Series | Moral Traditions Series |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Georgetown University Press |
| Year published | 2012-09-20 |
| Number of pages | 192 |
| Prizes | Winner of Faithful Citizenship (United States)., Winner of Constructive-Reflective Study of Religion (United States)., Winner of CPA Book Award for Faithful Citizenship 6 (United States), Winner of Faithful Citizenship 6 (United States), Winner of Catholic Press Association Book Award for Faithful Citizenship., Winner of Herbert Jacob Book Prize (United States)., Winner of Catholic Press Association Book Award for Faithful Citizenship 6 (United States), Winner of Scribes Annual Book Award (United States). |
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