Moral Relativism and the Natural Law | Prof. Francis Beckwith

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🗓️ 3 April 2024

⏱️ 48 minutes

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This lecture was given on November 30th, 2023, at Vanderbilt University.

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About the speaker:

Francis J. Beckwith is Professor of Philosophy & Church-State Studies at Baylor University, where he also serves as Associate Director of the Graduate Program in Philosophy. Among his over one dozen books are Defending Life: A Moral and Legal Case Against Abortion Choice (Cambridge University Press, 2007), Politics For Christians: Statecraft As Soulcraft (IVP, 2010), and Taking Rites Seriously: Law, Politics, and the Reasonableness of Faith (Cambridge University Press, 2015), winner of the American Academy of Religion's prestigious 2016 Book Award for Excellence in the Study of Religion in Constructive-Reflective Studies. He is a graduate of the Washington University School of Law, St. Louis (MJS) as well as Fordham University (PhD, MA, philosophy).

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0:55.4	I begin with these two sets of propositions.
1:00.9	The first set I call some moral rule.
1:05.2	Some of them are familiar to us.
1:07.7	Love your neighbor as yourself.
1:10.2	Thou shalt not commit adultery.
1:12.8	Do not intentionally kill the innocent.
1:15.8	Do not take what is not yours without permission.
1:19.0	Parents ought to care for their infant children.
1:22.0	Shun ignorance and try to live at peace with your neighbors.
1:25.2	One ought not to rape anyone.
1:28.8	There's a second set here, some immoral.
1:32.7	Your guilt or innocence in a criminal trial depends entirely on your race and not on a judge
1:38.5	or jury's deliberation on legitimately obtained evidence.
1:43.2	Anyone may be convicted of a crime based on the results of a coin toss.
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