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Archive | 2013

Models of God and Just War Theory

Philip J. Rossi

It may seem that a model of God, or of any ultimate structuring principle for reality, is irrelevant to the conceptual shape or practical application of just war theory. This essay argues the contrary: our ultimate frame of reference for ordering of the cosmos and our human place in it bears significantly on how we construe human responsibility for establishing an international order that will bring warfare to an end. In particular, a model of God enabling us to take human freedom seriously as an effective power to bringing about peace as a lasting human good makes it possible to re-orient the finality of just war theory from that of merely minimizing the harm of war as an evil inevitably woven into human social dynamics to that of active peacemaking, i.e., of pursuing conditions that foster a stable order for peace that will render war an “unnecessary evil.”It may seem that a model of God, or of any ultimate structuring principle for reality, is irrelevant to the conceptual shape or practical application of just war theory. This essay argues the contrary: our ultimate frame of reference for ordering of the cosmos and our human place in it bears significantly on how we construe human responsibility for establishing an international order that will bring warfare to an end. In particular, a model of God enabling us to take human freedom seriously as an effective power to bringing about peace as a lasting human good makes it possible to re-orient the finality of just war theory from that of merely minimizing the harm of war as an evil inevitably woven into human social dynamics to that of active peacemaking, i.e., of pursuing conditions that foster a stable order for peace that will render war an “unnecessary evil.”


Theological Studies | 2010

Reading Kant from a Catholic Horizon: Ethics and the Anthropology of Grace

Philip J. Rossi

For two centuries Catholic philosophers and theologians have generally treated Immanuel Kants critical philosophy as incompatible with principles fundamental to Catholic accounts of the human condition in relation to God. This article argues that contemporary scholarship—particularly about the role of anthropological concerns in the critical project—indicates that Kants understanding of finite human freedom provides a basis for Catholic theology to engage his thinking positively in the articulation of a theology of grace for humanitys postmodern context.


Theological Studies | 1997

Book Review: Religion and Natural TheologyReligion and Natural Theology. By KantImmanuel. Translated and edited by WoodAllen W. and Di GiovanniGeorge. Cambridge Edition of the Works of Immanuel Kant. New York: Cambridge University, 1996. Pp. xxiv + 518.

Philip J. Rossi

cal, that most eloquent of Jansenist spokespersons, condemning Jesuits for allowing too much freedom to individual conscience! Had V. paid close attention to the Jesuit Constitutions, he would have found those who govern the Society of Jesus obliged to take seriously the individual consciences of those under their authority. Moreover, most histories of Jansenism emphasize prominent roles played by women. V. gives surprisingly little attention to Jansenist women or to any gender issues. Why not? Is it because the most prominent women associated with Jansenism, such as Angelique Arnauld, lived in the 17th century? These reservations should not obscure the fact that this is a very important study, perhaps a seminal work for further examination of the religious origins of the French Revolution. Such examination will be most fruitful when it approaches history as a longue duree and delves more deeply and broadly into religious diversity and controversy in pre-Revolutionary France.


Archive | 2004

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Lawrence Pasternack; Philip J. Rossi


Archive | 1991

Kant's Philosophy of Religion

Philip J. Rossi; Michael Wreen


Archive | 1994

Kant's Philosophy of Religion Reconsidered

Philip J. Rossi; Paul A. Soukup


Archive | 2005

Mass media and the moral imagination

Philip J. Rossi


Archive | 1995

The social authority of reason : Kant's critique, radical evil, and the destiny of humankind

Philip J. Rossi


Archive | 2008

The Social Authority of Reason: The ‘True Church’ as the Locus for Moral Progress

Philip J. Rossi


Religious Experience and Contemporary Theological Epistemology. Eds. L. Boeve, Y. de Maeseneer, S. van den Bossche. Leuven: Peeters-Leuven UP, 2005 | 2005

Cosmopolitanism and the Interests of Reason: A Social Framework for Human Action in History

Philip J. Rossi

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