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The Thomistic Institute

What's Wrong With Moral Relativism? w/ Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. & Prof. Francis Beckwith

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The Thomistic Institute

Christianity, Society & Culture, Catholic Intellectual Tradition, Catholic, Philosophy, Religion & Spirituality, Thomism, Catholicism

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🗓️ 18 January 2024

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

What's wrong with moral relativism? Join Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. of Aquinas 101, Godsplaining, and Pints with Aquinas for an off-campus conversation with Prof. Francis Beckwith about his latest Thomistic Institute lecture, "Is There Anything Wrong With Moral Relativism?" What's Wrong With Moral Relativism? w/ Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. & Prof. Francis Beckwith (Off-Campus Conversations) You can listen to the original lecture here: https://on.soundcloud.com/ukfZL About the speaker: Francis J. Beckwith is is a philosopher who teaches, publishes, and speaks on a variety of topics and issues in ethics, law, politics, and religion. He is currently Professor of Philosophy & Church-State Studies, Affiliate Professor of Political Science, Associate Director of Graduate Studies in Philosophy, and Resident Scholar in the Institute for Studies of Religion at Baylor University, where he has served on the faculty since 2003. He earned an Ph.D. and M.A. in philosophy from Fordham University, and a Master of Juridical Studies (M.J.S.) degree from the Washington University School of Law in St. Louis, where he won the CALI Award for Excellence in Reproductive Control Seminar. Among his over twenty books are Defending Life: A Moral and Legal Case Against Abortion Choice (2007) and Taking Rites Seriously: Law, Politics, and the Reasonableness of Faith (2015), both published by Cambridge University Press, and Never Doubt Thomas: The Catholic Aquinas as Evangelical and Protestant (2019), published by Baylor University Press. Taking Rites Seriously was a winner of the American Academy of Religion’s 2016 Book Award for Excellence in the Study of Religion. He has served as President of both the American Catholic Philosophical Association (2017-18) and the Evangelical Theological Society (2006-07), from which he resigned in the middle of his term in May 2007 to return to the Catholic Church of his youth. He and his wife, Frankie, make their home in Woodway, Texas.

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Hello, my name is Father Gregory Pine, and I'm an assistant director for the Thomistic Institute,

0:14.4

and we're back here with another installment of off-campus conversations, where we follow up with

0:19.3

the Timistic Institute speaker and chase down

0:21.9

some of the insights that he or she will have given on campus for a lecture, for a conference,

0:26.8

or for a intellectual retreat. And so for this installment, I'm very delighted to be joined by

0:32.3

Professor Frank Beckwith. Thanks so much for joining. It's great to be on. Thank you,

0:36.5

Father, for having me.

0:45.4

As it turns out, I heard you speak first when I was at Franciscan University of Stumville as an undergrad, specifically about your conversion and the difficulties that that posed with your involvement

0:51.1

with the evangelical movement. But for those who don't know you, for those who didn't hear you speak at Francisco University

0:57.7

of Stumville in 2008, would you say a word of introduction, maybe who you are, what you do,

1:02.9

and why that matters.

1:04.7

Sure.

1:05.0

I am, my name is Francis Beckwith.

1:08.0

I am a professor of philosophy at Baylor University,

1:13.0

where I also serve as the associate director

1:16.8

of the graduate program in philosophy.

1:18.7

I've been at Baylor now for over 20 years.

1:22.7

This is my 21st year at Baylor.

1:25.6

Most of my work as a philosopher concerns issues of law, ethics,

1:32.2

a little bit of philosophy of religion. You mentioned that I am a, that I had come to the church

1:39.3

not too long ago, and that's true, but I'm a revert. So I grew up Catholic, left the church as a

1:47.5

youngster, and then returned seven, almost 17 years ago now, while I was serving as president of

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