Truth Matters

Essays in Honor of Jacques Maritain

Edited, with an Introduction by John G. Trapani, Jr.

American Maritain Association

Copyright © 2004 by the American Maritain Association

All Rights Reserved

To my parents Margaret K. and John G. Trapani, Sr. . . . by the model of your loving and virtuous lives, you show that Goodness also matters . . . .

Contents

• Editor's Note
• Introduction: "The Blind Men and the Elephant": Understanding the Secret of Epistemological Realism / John G. Trapani, Jr.

PART I: TRUTH AND THEORETICAL MATTERS

• On The Prospect of Paradise On Earth / James V. Schall, S.J.
• Truth and Friendship: The Importance of the Conversation of Friends / John A. Cuddeback
• The Sine Qua Non of Love: A Pluralism Within / Gregory J. Kerr
• Maritain and the Idea of a Catholic University / Gavin T. Colvert
• A Fellowship Founded On Truth: The History of the Saint Ignatius Institute / Michael D. Torre
• Truth or Consequences? Maritain and Dewey on the Philosophy of Education / Timothy S. Valentine, S.J.
• Becoming Oneself: Maritain on Liberal Education / Anne M. Wiles
• A Tribute to Rev. Gerald B. Phelan: Educator & Lover of Truth / Desmond J. FitzGerald
• Darwin & Design: Exploring a Debate / Peter A. Pagan Aguiar

PART II: TRUTH AND ETHICAL MATTERS

• Maritain, Augustine & Liberalism on "Judge Not!" / James G. Hanink
• Truthfulness, the Common Good, and the Hierarchy of Goods / A. Leo White
• Aquinas, Maritain, and the Metaphysical Foundation of Practical Reason / Matthew S. Pugh
• The Naturalistic Fallacy and Natural Law Methodology / W. Matthews Grant
• Capital Punishment or Prudential Execution? / James P. Mesa and John R. Traffas
• Respect for Persons As A Guide to Genetic Enhancement / Katie Hollenberg

PART III: TRUTH AND PRACTICAL MATTERS

• Lacrimae Rerum -- Tears at the Heart of Things: Jacques Maritain and Georges Rouault / Bernard Doering
• Vera Icona: Reflections on the Mystical Aesthetics of Jacques Maritain and the Byzantine Icon / Cornelia A. Tsakiridou
• "No Literary Orthodoxy": Flannery O'Connor, the New Critics, and Jacques Maritain / Sarah J. Fodor
• Can Jacques Maritain Save Liberal Democracy From Itself? / Raymond Dennehy
• Jacques Maritain and Emmanuel Mounier On America: Two Catholic Views / William J. Fossati
• The Quest for Truth and Human Fellowship in a Pluralist Society / Henle E. S. Woldring
• ". . . A Truth We May Serve" -- A Philosophical Response to Terrorism / John G. Trapani, Jr.

• Contributors
• Index