REASSESSING THE LIBERAL STATE READING MARITAIN'S MAN AND THE STATE

REASSESSING THE LIBERAL STATE READING MARITAIN'S MAN AND THE STATE

American Maritain Association Publications General Editor: Anthony 0. Simon jacques Maritain: The Man and His Metaphysics Edited by John F. X. Knasas, 1988 Distributed by the University of Notre Dame Press ISBN 0-268-01205..,9 (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 Distributed by the University of Notre Dame Press ISBN 0-268-00978-3 From Twilight to Dawn: The Cultural Vision of jacques Maritain Edited by Peter A. Redpath, 1990 Distributed by the University of Notre Dame Press ISBN 0-268-00979-1 The Future ofthomism Edited by Deal W. Hudson and Dennis Wm. Mot:an, 1992 Distributed by the University of Notre Dame Press ISBN 0-268-00986-4 jacques Maritain and the jews Edited by Robert Royal, 1994 Distributed by the University of Notre Dame Press ISBN 0-268-01193-1 Freedom, Virtue, and the Common Good Edited by Curtis L. Hancock and Anthony 0. Simon, 1995 Distributed by the University of Notre Dame Press ISBN 0-268-00991-0 Postmodernism and Christian Philosophy Edited by Roman T. Ciapolo, 1997 Distributed by The Catholic University of America Press ISBN 0-8132-0881-5 The Common Things: Essays on Thomism and Education Edited by Daniel M~Inerny, 1999 Distributed by The Catholic University of America Press ISBN 0-9669226-0-3 The Failure of Modernism: The Cartesian Legacy and Contemporary Plur~lism Edited by Brendan Sweetman, 1999 Distributed by The Catholic University of America Press ISBN 0-9669226-11 Beauty, Art, and the Polis Edited by Alice Ramos, 2000 Distributed by The Catholic University of America Press ISBN 0-9669226-2-X Reassessing the Liberal State: Reading Maritain's Man and the State Edited by Timothy Fuller and John P. Hittinger, 2001 Distributed by The Catholic University of America Press ISBN 0-9669226-3-8

REASSESSING THE LIBERAL STATE READINGMARITAIN'S MAN AND THE STATE Edited by Timothy Fuller and John P. Bittinger AMERICAN MARITAIN ASSOCIATION Distributed by The Catholic University of America Press Washington, D. C. 20064

Copyright 2001 American Maritain Association All Rights Reserved Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Reassessing the liberal state: reading Maritain's Man and the state/ edited by Timothy Fuller and John P. Hittinger. p. em. - (American Maritain Association publications) Includes bibliographical references and index. fsbn 0-9669226-3-8 (alk. paper) 1. Maritain, Jacques, 1882-1973 Man and the state. 2. State, The. 3. Democracy. 4. Human rights. 5. Liberalism. 6. Church and social problems-catholic Church. I. Fuller, Timothy, 1940-. II. Hittinger, John. III. Series. JC26l.M323 R43 2002 320.1'5-dc21 2001028145 Manufactured in the United States of America Distributed by The Catholic University of America Press

In Memoriam Horace Shepard Fuller 1908-2001 Francis Russell Bittinger, Jr. 1926-1968

Contents Introduction John Hittinger and Timothy Fuller Maritain and the Reassment of the Liberal State 1 I. Politics and Community in the Modern World 1. Russell Hittinger Reasons for a Civil Society 11 2. Timothy Fuller Jacques Maritain and Michael Oakeshott on the Modern State 24 3. William Haggerty The Question of Modernity in the Political Thought of Heinrich Rommen 34 4. Catherine Green Work, Rest, and Generosity 49 5. Desmond FitzGerald Maritain and Gilson on the Challenge of Political Democracy 61 II. Liberalism Reconsidered 6. Henk E.S. Woldring Constitutional Democracy in Search of Justification 73 7. Jeanne M. Heffernan Acknowledging Ambiguity and Difference in Politics: A Christian Realist Challenge to Thomists 87 8. John R. Goodreau Kant's Contribution to the Idea of Democratic Pluralism 99 9. James Hanink

III. Natural Law Foundations for Liberalism 10. Gregory Doolan Maritain, St. Thomas Aquinas, and the First Principles ofnatural Law 127 11. V. Bradley Lewis Liberal Democracy, Natural Law and Jurisprudence: Thomistic Notes on an Irish Debate 140 12. J. Budziszewski Denying What We Can't Not know 159 13. John Trapani, Jr. Different Music-The Same Keyboard: Obscene Art/Pornography and the First Amendment Debate 166 IY. The Church in the Modern World 14. John Hittinger The Cooperation of Church and State: Maritain's Argument fr9m the Unity of the Person 179 15. Joseph M. de Torre Maritain's "Integral Humanism" and Catholic Social Teaching 202 16. Deborah Wallace Ruddy Christian Humility and Democratic Citizenry: St. Augustine and Jacques Maritain 209 17. Nicholas C. Lund-Molfese Maritain's Contribution to the Development of the Magisterium of Means 228 v. Appendix: Pope Paul VI, Discourse and Messages at the Close ofvatican II 18. Pope Paul VI Message to Men ofthought and Science 245 Message to Heads of State 246 Discourse at the Last General Session of Vatican II 247. Contributors 255 Index 259