Post Tagged 'Transcendence'

November 13, 2025

Liberalism Revisited

For the past decade or so, we have become more accustomed to speak of a “crisis” of liberalism. No doubt that is one reason why Notre Dame Press has chosen to re-release David Walsh’s The Growth of the Liberal Soul. Continue Reading...

August 26, 2025

Can the Secular Point to the Transcendent?

It was once considered obvious, at least to those in the know, that religion and other superstitions would fade as science made God unnecessary, implausible, and eventually ridiculous. Primitive humans saw gods lurking everywhere because of their ignorance of natural causes, perhaps, and the need for God to fill in the “gaps” of our explanations would in principle disappear. Continue Reading...

May 20, 2015

What ‘The Profit’ teaches us about ethics and enterprise

I’ve written before on how television can be a powerful tool for illuminating the deeper significance of daily work and the beauties of basic trade and enterprise. Shows like Dirty Jobs, Shark Tank, Undercover Boss, and Restaurant Impossible have used the medium to this end, and today at The Federalist, I review a new contender in the mix. Continue Reading...

December 01, 2014

Pope Francis On Human Dignity

Pope Francis spoke to members of the European Parliament on November 25. The focus of his speech was “dignity:” specifically the transcendent dignity of the human person. He reminded his audience that the protection of dignity was key to rebuilding Europe following World War II, but now, the pope says, ” there are still too many situations in which human beings are treated as objects whose conception, configuration and utility can be programmed, and who can then be discarded when no longer useful, due to weakness, illness or old age.” Continue Reading...