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This book examines Pope Benedict XVI¿s speeches and writings on the moral, political, and religious foundations of Western democratic societies. This book will be of interest to those religious and nonreligious people who are concerned about the future of both democracy and religion in contemporary Western societies.It was published as a special issue of Perspectives on Political Science.

Science, Virtue, and the Future of Humanity addresses each of the key public policy issues of our techno-future from the perspective of deeply informed and philosophically inclined public intellectuals. Among the issues addressed are the detachment of our idea of justice from any credible foundation, Tocqueville's prescience on how a "cognitive elite" might be the aristocracy to be most feared in our time, robotization and the possibility of b...

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This book is an accessible and profound introduction to the key issues facing our country in our biotechnological age. Leading public intellectuals bring to bear a wide and deep learning on particular issues of public policy and discuss the relationship between technological and moral progress that takes place over the course of a human life.

This book is intended to serve as an introduction to the thought of James V. Schall, arguably one of the best, perhaps even the only, authentically Thomistic political scientist writing today. In contrast to main currents in contemporary Thomism, Schall remains conversant with the great tradition of political philosophy and therefore appreciates the complex and relatively imprecise nature of political reflection. In this book, the distinguishe...

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