馬里旦自然法的形上基礎

 

Metaphysical Foundations of Natural Law in Jacques Maritain

 

THE LOKUANG CHAIR OF PHILOSOPHY AND CULTURE

Department of Philosophy, Fu Jen Catholic University

輔仁大學哲學系羅光講座

 

 

授課教師:Prof. William Sweet

Professor of Philosophy, Director, Centre for Philosophy, Theology, and Cultural Traditions, St Francis Xavier University, Canada

協同教師:黄筱慧副教授Dr. Cristal Huang

開課時間:93/12/7—93/12/17 周一至周五下午15:40-17:30

開課地點:台北縣新莊市中正路510號輔仁大學士林哲學研究中心(LI310)

授課語言:英文

 

輔仁大學哲學系 電話02-29052309 傳真02-29017490 G03@mails.fju.edu.tw

 

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"Metaphysical Foundations of Natural Law in Jacques Maritain, and Some Contemporary Applications"

 

William Sweet

Professor of Philosophy

Director, Centre for Philosophy, Theology, and Cultural Traditions

St Francis Xavier University, Canada

 

1. Introduction

(A) Introduction to Jacques Maritain

(B) The Natural Law: the ontological and the gnoseological element

read Introduction and Chapters 1 and 2: Natural Law: reflections on theory and practice

 

2. The Eternal Law and other kinds of law

read Chapter 3: Natural Law: reflections on theory and practice

 

3. The Rectitude of the Will

Inclinations and the rectitude of the will as the measure of practical reason

read ALesson@ 3: Lectures on Natural Law

 

4. Critique of Other Theories of Natural Law

read ALesson@ 4 and ALesson@ 5, part I: Lectures on Natural Law

 

5. Saint Thomas and the precepts of the natural law

read ALesson@ 5, part II, ALesson@ 6, and ALesson@ 7: Lectures on Natural Law

 

6. History, anthropology, and the natural law

read ALesson@ 8 and ALesson@ 9: Lectures on Natural Law

 

7. Applications: Human Rights and Obligations

read Chapter 4, Natural Law: reflections on theory and practice

 

8. Applications: Terrorism and Just War Theory

 

9. Conclusions: Democracy and An Integral Humanism

 

 

Texts:

- Natural Law: reflections on theory and practice by Jacques Maritain (ed William Sweet), South Bend, IN: St Augustine=s Press, 2001.

- Lectures on Natural Law [draft of translation by William Sweet]

 

Bibliography:

- a suitable bibliography is found at the end of Natural Law: reflections on theory and practice