The Death of Metaphysics; The Death of Culture: Epistemology, Metaphysics, and Morality (Hardcover, 2006)

Acknowledgements. The Death of Metaphysics; The Death of Culture; M.J. Cherry. Part 1: METAPHYSICS AND EPISTEMOLOGY: THE FOUNDATIONS OF CULTURE AND MORALITY. 1. Accepting God's Offer of Personal Communication in the Words and Deeds of Christ, Handed on in the Body of Christ, His Church; P. Lee. 2. Faith and Reason: Interpreting the Natural Law; K.Wm. Wildes, SJ. 3. Intellectual Virtues and the Prospects of A Christian Epistemology; W.J. Wood. 4. God Manifested in God's Works: The Knowledge of God in the Reformed Tradition; R.C. Zachman. 5. Holy Knowing: A Wesleyan Epistemology; J.R. Thobaben. Part 2: CULTURAL VARIATIONS AND MORAL CASUISTRY. 6. Subversive Natural Law: MacIntyre and African-American Thought; T.H. Hibbs. 7. Is there a Distinctive American Version of Natural Law?; G. Trotter. 8. Why did the Principle of Double Effect Appear in the West?; W.J. Zanardi. Part 3: APPLICATIONS AND CRITICISMS. 9. How much Guidance can a Secular Natural Law Ethic Offer? A Study of Basic Human Goods in Ethical Decision-Making; J.M. Dubois. 10. On Women's Health Care: In Search of Nature and Norms; M.A. Gardell Cutter. 11. Toward an Inclusive Epistemology; A. Giampietro. Part 4: A MORAL CULTURE WITHOUT METAPHYSICS IS EMPTY. 12. Using Natural Law to Guide Public Morality: The Blind Leading the Deaf; N. Capaldi. 13. Ethical Life and the Natural Law: Hegel and the Limits of Morality; P. Wake. Notes on Contributors. Index.