Francis Beckwith
Biographic Data
| ID | 4498718 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Francis Beckwith |
| GIVEN NAMES | Francis |
| FAMILY NAME | Beckwith |
| SIGNATURE | BECKWITH F |
| AFFILIATIONS | Baylor University Waco, Texas |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6647-2065 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Catholicism and the Natural Law
This article responds to four criticisms of the Catholic view of natural law: (1) it commits the naturalistic fallacy, (2) it makes divine revelation unnecessary, (3) it implausibly claims to establish a shared universal set of moral beliefs, and (4) it disregards the noetic effects of sin. Relying largely on the Church’s most important theologian on the natural law, St. Thomas Aquinas, the author argues that each criticism rests on a misundersta…
Jewish Justices of the Supreme Court
It was not until 1916 that the U.S. Supreme Court had its first Jewish justice, Louis D. Brandeis. Appointed by President Woodrow Wilson, Brandeis served for 23 years, the first of an unbroken string of Jewish appointees to the court that lasted until 1969. During his tenure, Brandeis was joined, for a brief time, by Benjamin Cardozo, appointed in 1932 by President Herbert Hoover to succeed Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. After Brandeis’ 1939 retireme…
Defending life
Defending Life, first published in 2007, is arguably the most comprehensive defense of the pro-life position on abortion - morally, legally, and politically - that has ever been published in an academic monograph. It offers a detailed and critical analysis of Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey as well as arguments by those who defend a Rawlsian case for abortion-choice, such as J. J. Thomson. The author defends the substance view of pers…
Relativism
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Relativism
Defending life
Defending Life, first published in 2007, is arguably the most comprehensive defense of the pro-life position on abortion - morally, legally, and politically - that has ever been published in an academic monograph. It offers a detailed and critical analysis of Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey as well as arguments by those who defend a Rawlsian case for abortion-choice, such as J. J. Thomson. The author defends the substance view of pers…
Jewish Justices of the Supreme Court
It was not until 1916 that the U.S. Supreme Court had its first Jewish justice, Louis D. Brandeis. Appointed by President Woodrow Wilson, Brandeis served for 23 years, the first of an unbroken string of Jewish appointees to the court that lasted until 1969. During his tenure, Brandeis was joined, for a brief time, by Benjamin Cardozo, appointed in 1932 by President Herbert Hoover to succeed Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. After Brandeis’ 1939 retireme…
Catholicism and the Natural Law
This article responds to four criticisms of the Catholic view of natural law: (1) it commits the naturalistic fallacy, (2) it makes divine revelation unnecessary, (3) it implausibly claims to establish a shared universal set of moral beliefs, and (4) it disregards the noetic effects of sin. Relying largely on the Church’s most important theologian on the natural law, St. Thomas Aquinas, the author argues that each criticism rests on a misundersta…
Law (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Theology (2 works) · Abortion (1 work) · Abortion (1 work) · Abortion_Moral And Ethical Aspects (1 work) · American Constitutional Law and Politics (1 work) · Bible, criticism, interpretation, etc., n. t. revelation (1 work) · Black letter law (1 work)