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The second pillar of a decent society is the institution of the family, which is built upon the comprehensive sexual union of man and woman. No other institution can top the family’s ability to transmit what is pivotal—character formation, values, virtues, and enduring love—to each new generation.

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Debt and the Current Crisis

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As we attempt to revive the global financial system, it may be time to reconsider the long tradition that warned against the dangers of borrowing.
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Desires Natural and Unnatural: A Reply to Paul Griffiths

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A recent First Things article on natural law misses the mark.
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Bad Reason and the ‘Manhattan Declaration’

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A good deal of online commentary about a recent ecumenical statement misunderstands the nature of human reason.
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Is Divorce Good for America’s Women?

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An article by sociologist W. Bradford Wilcox raises the question of how divorce hurts and helps women.
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Marriage As Friendship

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One of the best ways to bolster American unions is to promote a proper understanding of friendship and marriage.
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The Financial Crisis and the Challenge of Natural Law

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Is the current financial crisis simply a technical failure, or does it derive from some more basic problem? Economists may need to begin addressing fundamental questions concerned with value, and for that, they may turn to the natural law tradition.
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All in the Family

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Though there is no hope of having a morally neutral definition of marriage, it is possible to have one based on human nature and supported by sound reasoning.
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Free Trade, Utility, and the Good

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Economists and other social scientists should take into account the integral flourishing of human beings and not just material utility. After doing so, defense of free trade becomes more—not less—important.
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The Limits of Free Trade

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Free trade brings with it financial benefits and human rewards. However, it sometimes must be limited if communities and people are to flourish.
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Free Trade as Prosperity, Free Trade as Human Right

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Free trade is not only good economic policy, it is a human right that should not be restricted lightly.
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Same-Sex Marriage and the Civil-Rights Movement: A Problematic Analogy

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Those who see the movement for same-sex marriage as today’s civil-rights struggle are abusing historical reason and our national institutions.
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Infidelity and Its Implications

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As recent polls and recent events show, Americans remain morally opposed to sexual infidelity in marriage. At the same time, Americans show broad acceptance of premarital sex. But an examination of the reasons why infidelity within marriage is detrimental to human flourishing reveals sexual infidelity prior to marriage to be just as harmful.
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Making Men Moral

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Earlier this year scholars gathered at Union University for a conference considering the work of Robert P. George in his 1994 book Making Men Moral: Civil Liberties and Public Morality. One theme of the conference was how religion and reason can help us understand and promote the common good.
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Robert P. George on the Struggle Over Marriage

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Recently, the editor of Public Discourse sat down with Robert P. George to discuss the state of the marriage debate. While supporters of same-sex “marriage” claim that history is on their side, it turns out that supporters of traditional marriage have more reasons for hope than they may realize.
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Why We Should Oppose Same-Sex Marriage

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Same-sex marriage fundamentally alters the idea of marriage, expands government control of marriage, and ignores a child’s right to a mother and father.
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Natural Law and Economics: Total Strangers or Separated Lovers?

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A recent conference at Princeton University asked whether in the midst of current economic challenges natural law philosophy might not provide a better foundation for the practice of economics than the utilitarian account of value that currently underwrites it.
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The Right and Wrong Responses to “Sexting”

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A proposed law in Vermont will not only do little to solve the problem of “sexting,” but actually risks resulting in making even more children vulnerable to sexual exploitation.
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The Same-Sex Marriage Movement and the Dangers of Denunciation

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Regardless of who prevails in the argument over marriage, the politics of denunciation practiced by same-sex marriage supporters will have damaged the public discourse.
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Torture: What it is, and Why it is Wrong

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The recent publication of the Torture Memos and of the International Red Cross report on the treatment of high-level detainees in the aftermath of 9/11 has returned to national prominence the discussion of the morality of torture and “enhanced interrogation” techniques. It is important to be clear, as a moral matter, on what boundaries should be accepted in interrogation of human beings; a responsible and non-politicized discussion is essential on this difficult issue.
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The Institution Formerly Known As Marriage

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The Iowa court’s recent decision does not simply broaden marriage, it radically changes its nature. While marriage previously served public purposes of attaching mothers and fathers to their children and one another, now marriage merely serves as affirmation of adult feelings.
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Law, Feelings, and Religion at the Bar in Iowa

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The Supreme Court of Iowa’s decision to redefine marriage abandons reason and replaces it with feelings as the standard of public consensus.
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Should the Obama Conscience Rules Seek to Protect Persons or Provide Benefits?

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The state is required to protect persons not just from physical harm but from being forced to violate their limited but definite freedom of conscience.
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Confronting the Hook-Up Culture

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A new approach is needed to support students in the hostile hook-up culture on college campuses.
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Privatizing Marriage is not the Answer to the Same-Sex Marriage Debate

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Far from settling the marriage debate, ‘getting the state out of marriage’ will reduce liberty, leave cultural questions simmering, and harm our nation’s children.
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