the Death of Metaphysics; the Death of Culture

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Acknowledgements MARK J. CHERRY / T he Death of Metaphysics; The Death of Culture vii SECTION I METAPHYSICS AND EPISTEMOLOGY: THE FOUNDATIONS OF CULTURE AND MORALITY Chapter 1 PATRICK LEE /A ccepting God’s Offer of Personal Communion in the Words and Deeds of Christ, Handed on in the Body of Christ, His Church Chapter 2 Chapter 3 W. JAY WOOD / I n tellectual Virtues and the Prospects of A Christian Epistemology Chapter 4 RANDALL C. ZACHMAN / G od Manifested in God’s Works: The Knowledge of God in the Reformed Tradition Chapter 5 JAMES R. THOBABEN / H oly Knowing: A Wesleyan Epistemology SECTION II CULTURAL VARIATIONS AND MORAL CASUISTRY Chapter 6 THOMAS S. HIBBS / S u bversive Natural Law: MacIntyre and African-American Thought 135 TABLE OF CONTENTS KEVIN WM. WILDES, S.J . / Whose Nature? Natural Law in a Pluralistic World ix vi TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter 8 WILLIAM J. ZANARDI / Why did the Principle of Double Effect Appear in the West? 167 SECTION III APPLICATIONS AND CRITICISMS Chapter 9 JAMES M. DUBOIS / How much Guidance can a Secular Natural Law Ethic Offer? A Study of Basic Human Goods in Ethical Decision-Making Chapter 10 MARY ANN GARDELL CUTTER / On Women’s Health Care: In Search of Nature and Norms Chapter 11 Epistemology SECTION IV A MORAL CULTURE WITHOUT METAPHYSICS IS EMPTY Chapter 12 NICHOLAS CAPALDI / Using Natural Law to Guide Public Morality: The Blind Leading the Deaf Chapter 13 PETER WAKE / Ethical Life and the Natural Law: Hegel and the Limits of Morality Notes on Contributors Index