Natural Law in Jeans and Sun Glasses
Natural Law in Jeans and Sun Glasses: A Social Justice Reflection and Update on Current Issues before the Missouri Legislature Carla Mae Streeter, OP Aquinas Institute of Theology St. Louis The natural law tradition is far from archaic. To the astute observer it is like a basso continuo playing behind the clash of the headlines. Subtle and contextual, it continues to bring order out of contemporary chaos, despite the efforts of those who would declare it obsolete. Where is the evidence for this? Joseph W. Koterski, S.J., philosophy professor of Fordham University, has some valuable insights to share with us. He reminds us that Aristotle’s approach to nature was very empirical, and when the medieval theologian Thomas Aquinas built his synthesis on this approach, he offered human culture a solid foundation that can ground our rational discourse even to this day. What is this foundation and how might we use it? We might describe this foundation as four pillars...