Is Moral Relativism Really Just Conflict Avoidance? w/ Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. & Prof. Michael Gorman

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🗓️ 6 June 2024

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Join Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. of Aquinas 101, Godsplaining, and Pints with Aquinas for an off-campus conversation with Prof. Michael Gorman about moral relativism and the avoidance of conflict, the importance of charitable disagreement, and how to engage in difficult conversations with charity.

You can watch this interview on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/JSHeIYQI-os

About the speaker:

Michael Gorman is Professor of Philosophy at The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. He has doctorates in philosophy and theology, and his work covers both areas, with a special emphasis on metaphysical themes. He is the author of over thirty-five scholarly articles, a book entitled Aquinas on the Metaphysics of the Hypostatic Union (Cambridge University Press, 2017), and a book that will appear in the spring of 2024 entitled A Contemporary Introduction to Thomistic Metaphysics (The Catholic University of America Press, 2024).

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0:00.0	Hello, my name is Father Gregory Pine, and it's my joy to welcome you back to the
0:13.0	To Mystic Institute podcast for another installment of off-campus conversations, where I follow
0:18.2	up with a speaker who has spoken for the Timistic Institute
0:21.6	to continue the conversation and see if we can dive deeper on a couple of points proposed.
0:27.2	So for this installment, I am delighted to be joined by Professor Michael Gorman.
0:31.7	Thanks for joining.
0:33.0	Hi.
0:34.1	Thanks for having you.
0:35.4	Hey, my joy.
0:36.9	So many folks will know you from your various talks given via the Timistic Institute, well, just for Timistic Institute students and recorded for the Timistic Institute podcast.
0:45.6	But then other people will know you because of things that you have written, like a book about the metaphysics of the incarnation or by other things besides for your contributions to the local community at St.
0:56.5	Jerome's and Hydezville.
0:58.1	But for those who don't know you, what are some things they should know?
1:02.0	Like, who are you and what do you do?
1:03.5	And why is that count?
1:05.0	Yeah.
1:08.3	I teach the philosophy of the Catholic University of America.
1:12.4	I've been here.
1:14.6	I just finished my 25th year at Catholic Youth.
1:17.8	Wow.
1:18.4	Since 1999 for the 20th century.
1:22.3	I have children and grandchildren, some of whom, many of whom live, like, extremely in the same neighborhood as me, which is a real blessing.
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