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Sexuality & Family

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.

Sexuality & Family, The Human Person

Ask Chris Tollefsen: An Ethics Advice Column

By Christopher O. Tollefsen

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December 19, 2008
Sexuality & Family

December 19, 2008
Marriage, Natural Law

Why Marriage is Inherently Heterosexual

By Patrick Lee

A recent story in Newsweek claimed that the only reasons for opposing same-sex “marriage” are religious. But there are powerful arguments for marriage rooted not in faith but in reason.

November 14, 2008
Business & Economics, Sexuality & Family

November 14, 2008
Economics, Natural Law

No More Bretton Woods

By Samuel Gregg

While this weekend's conference threatens to repeat the failures of Bretton Woods, the work of economist Wilhelm Röpke may recommend a more successful approach.

October 31, 2008
Politics & Law, Sexuality & Family

October 31, 2008
Constitutional Law, Marriage

Marriage Matters: For Kids, for Parents, and for Religious Liberty

By Maggie Gallagher

Marriage between a man and a woman is rooted in our nature--"in biology, not bigotry"--sex between men and women makes babies, society needs babies, and babies need a father as well as a mother. But the proponents of same-sex marriage want the government to declare in law that there is no difference between same-sex and opposite-sex unions, and anyone who thinks otherwise is promoting bigotry. This will have major ramifications for those who believe in marriage in the traditional sense--especially religious citizens and organizations.

October 17, 2008
Business & Economics, Sexuality & Family

October 17, 2008
Economics, Natural Law

The Scandal Beneath the Crisis

By Kevin Jackson

Kevin Jackson calls for moral cooperation instead of government regulation. A response to Harold James.

October 16, 2008
Sexuality & Family, The Human Person

October 16, 2008
Abortion, Natural Law

Obama and Infanticide

By Robert P. George

Obama's latest excuse for opposing the Illinois Born-Alive Infants Protection Act is that the law was "unnecessary" because babies surviving abortions were already protected. It won't fly.

October 14, 2008
Business & Economics, Sexuality & Family

October 14, 2008
Economics, Natural Law

Thinking About Greed

By Harold James

Beginning in the time of Aristotle and leading up to the current financial crisis, greed and trust have played important yet shifting roles in the structure of the world's economies. One of the reasons we face the current crisis is our failure to deal with either properly.

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