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1 TRUTH MATTERS Essays in Honor of Jacques Maritain

2 American Maritain Association Publications General Editor: Anthony 0. Simon Jacques Maritain: The Man and His Metaphysics *Edited by JohnF.X. Knasas, 1988, ISBN (out of print) Freedom in the Modern World: Jacques Maritain, YVes R. Simon, Mortimer J. Adler *Edited by Michael D. Torre, 1989, Second Printing, 1990, ISBN From Twilight to Dawn: The Cultural Vision of Jacques Maritain *Edited by Peter A. Redpath, 1990, ISBN The Future ofthomism *Edited by Deal W. Hudson and Dennis Wm. Moran, 1992, ISBN Jacques Maritain and the Jews * Edited by Robert Royal, 1994, ISBN Freedom, Virtue, and the Common Good * Edited by Curtis L. Hancock and Anthony 0. Simon, 1995, ISBN Postmodernism and Christian Philosophy +Edited by Roman T. Ciapolo, 1997, ISBN The Common Things: Essays on Thomism and Education +Edited by Daniel Mcinerny, 1999, ISBN The Failure of Modernism: The Cartesian Legacy and Contemporary Pluralism + Edited by Brendan Sweetman, 1999, ISBN Beauty, Art, and the Polis +Edited by Alice Ramos, 2000, ISBN X Reassessing the Liberal State: Reading Maritain 's Man and the State +Edited by Timothy Fuller and John P. Hittinger, 2001, ISBN Faith, Scholarship, and Culture in the 21st Century +Edited by Alice Ramos and Marie I. George, 2002, ISBN Jacques Maritain and the Many Ways of Knowing +Edited by Douglas A. Ollivant, 2002, ISBN Truth Matters: Essays in Honor of Jacques Maritain +Edited by John G. Trapani, Jr., 2004, ISBN *Distributed by the University ofnotre Dame Press +Distributed by The Catholic University of America Press

3 TRUTH MATTERS Essays in Honor of Jacques Maritain Edited, with an Introduction by John G. Trapani, Jr. AMERICAN MARITAIN ASSOCIATION Distributed by The Catholic University of America Press Washington, D.C

4 Copyright 2004 American Maritain Association Distributed by The Catholic University of America Press Washington, D.C All Rights Reserved Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Truth matters : essays in honor of Jacques Maritain I John G. Trapani, Jr., editor. p. em.- (American MaritainAssociation publications) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN (pbk. : allc paper) 1. Maritain, Jacques, I. Maritain, Jacques, II. Trapani, John G. III. Series. B2430.M34T dc

5 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...

6 Contents Editor's Note Introduction: ((The Blind Men and the Elephant": Understanding the Secret of Epistemological Realism John G. Trapani, Jr. Xl 1 PARTl TRUTH AND THEORETICAL MATTERS On The Prospect of Paradise On Earth James V. Schall, S.J. 12 Truth and Friendship: The Importance of the Conversation of Friends John A. Cuddeback 26 The Sine Qua Non of Love: A Pluralism Within Gregory J. Kerr 34 Maritain and the Idea of a Catholic University Gavin T. Colvert 44 A Fellowship Founded On Truth: The History of the Saint Ignatius Institute Michael D. Torre 66 Truth or Consequences? Maritain and Dewey on the Philosophy of Education Timothy S. Valentine, S.J. 76 Becoming Oneself: Maritain on Liberal Education Anne M. Wiles 88 A Tribute to Rev. Gerald B. Phelan: Educator & Lover of Truth Desmond J. FitzGerald 97

7 Darwin & Design: Exploring a Debate Peter A. Pagan Aguiar 103 PART II TRUTH AND ETHICAL MATTERS Maritain, Augustine & Liberalism on "Judge Not!" James G. Hanink 126 Truthfulness, the Common Good, and the Hierarchy of Goods A. Leo White 137 Aquinas, Maritain, and the Metaphysical Foundation of Practical Reason MatthewS. Pugh 151 The Naturalistic Fallacy and Natural Law Methodology W. Matthews Grant 168 Capital Punishment or Prudential Execution? James P. Mesa and John R. Tra:ffas 182 Respect for Persons As A Guide to Genetic Enhancement Katie Hollenberg 194 PART III TRUTH AND PRACTICAL MATTERS Lacrimae Rerum- Tears at the Heart of Things: Jacques Maritain and Georges Rouault Bernard Doering 204 Vera leona: Reflections on the Mystical Aesthetics of Jacques Maritain and the Byzantine Icon Cornelia A. Tsakiridou 224 "No Literary Orthodoxy": Flannery 0 'Connor, the New Critics, and Jacques Maritain Sarah J. Fodor 24 7

8 Can Jacques Maritain Save Liberal Democracy From Itself? Raymond Dennehy 257 Jacques Maritain and Emmanuel Mounier On America: Two Catholic Views William J. Fossati 270 The Quest for Truth and Human Fellowship in a Pluralist Society Henle E. S. Woldring 284 "... A Truth We May Serve" -A Philosophical Response to Terrorism John G. Trapani, Jr. 301 Contributors 31 0 Index 314

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