Revisioning natural law: from the classicist paradigm to emergent probability.

Theological Studies | September 1, 1995| | Copyright

For seven or eight semesters now I have taught an introduction to Roman Catholic ethics to undergraduates, a course in which we cover the sources from which ethical positions are derived, including natural law. I have discovered that it is impossible to teach about natural law without engaging in something of an apologia, or at least making an attempt to update it so that my students can relate to it. Richard Gula's text Reason Informed by Faith is very helpful here, but as an exercise in creative synthesis I have, with my students, grappled with an article by Sebastian Moore ...

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