Natural law, Catholicism, and the Protestant critique: Why we are really not that far apart
FJ Beckwith - Christian Bioethics: Non-Ecumenical Studies in …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
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Abstract Catholics and Evangelical Protestants often find themselves on the same side on a
variety of issues in bioethics. However, some Evangelicals have expressed reluctance to
embrace the natural law reasoning used by Catholics in academic and policy debates. In
this article, I argue that the primary concerns raised by Evangelicals about natural law
reasoning are, ironically, concerns expressed by and intrinsic to the natural law tradition
itself. To show this, I address two types of Protestant critics:(1) the Frustrated Fellow Traveler …
variety of issues in bioethics. However, some Evangelicals have expressed reluctance to
embrace the natural law reasoning used by Catholics in academic and policy debates. In
this article, I argue that the primary concerns raised by Evangelicals about natural law
reasoning are, ironically, concerns expressed by and intrinsic to the natural law tradition
itself. To show this, I address two types of Protestant critics:(1) the Frustrated Fellow Traveler …
Abstract
Catholics and Evangelical Protestants often find themselves on the same side on a variety of issues in bioethics. However, some Evangelicals have expressed reluctance to embrace the natural law reasoning used by Catholics in academic and policy debates. In this article, I argue that the primary concerns raised by Evangelicals about natural law reasoning are, ironically, concerns expressed by and intrinsic to the natural law tradition itself. To show this, I address two types of Protestant critics: (1) the Frustrated Fellow Traveler and (2) the Solo Scripturist.
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