Liberty, Wisdom, and Grace Thomism and Democratic Political Theory. [electronic resource] :
- Lanham : Lexington Books, 2002.
- 1 online resource (341 pages)
Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Foreword: ""The Very Graciousness of Being"" James V. Schall; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part I: Jacques Maritain and Yves R. Simon: Responding to the Political Crisis of the Twentieth Century; Chapter 1 The Political Philosophy of Jacques Maritain; Chapter 2 On Virtue with Genius: The Achievement of Yves R. Simon; Part II: Thomism, Liberty, and Democracy; Chapter 3 Jacques Maritain and Yves R. Simon's Use of Thomas Aquinas in Their Defense of Liberal Democracy; Chapter 4 Maritain's Evaluation of Bourgeois Liberalism. Chapter 5 Three Philosophies of Human Rights: Locke, Richards, and MaritainChapter 6 Why Locke Rejected an Ethics of Virtue and Turned to Utility; Chapter 7 The Two Lockes: On the Foundation of Liberty in Locke; Chapter 8 David A.J. Richards: Liberalism of the Autonomous Person; Chapter 9 Approaches to Democratic Equality; Chapter 10 Aurel Kolnai and the Metaphysics of Political Conservatism; Part III: Wisdom and Grace; Chapter 11 John Paul II and the Exorcism of Descartes' Ghost; Chapter 12 Maritain on the Intuition of Being; Chapter 13 Marion Montgomery and the Poet's Recovery of Being. Chapter 14 Newman, Theology, and the Crisis in Liberal EducationChapter 15 James V. Schall on Faith, Reason, and Politics; Chapter 16 Maritain on the Cooperation of Church and State; Selected Bibliography of Maritain, Pieper, and Simon; Index; About the Author.
Liberty, Wisdom, and Grace is a comprehensive survey of the Thomists' contributions to contemporary political thought as well as a detailed analysis of their approach to democracy.
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