The farther clerics get from their sacristies, the more likely they are to commit boneheaded mistakes, just like secular politicians do.
Thought for the Day
- Donald R. McClarey
Donald R. McClarey
Cradle Catholic. Active in the pro-life movement since 1973. Father of three, one in Heaven, and happily married for 43 years. Small town lawyer and amateur historian. Former president of the board of directors of the local crisis pregnancy center for a decade.
Dr. Edward Feser, a man of inflexible principle. So was Cato the Younger.
Feser, whom I once held in the highest regard, has become so obsessed with Orange Man Bad that he has become a caricature of his former self, IMO.
I just unfollowed Dr. Feser because he is so negative about anything Trump. I’ll pray for him.
Perhaps I’m being overly pedantic, but it seems to use “State,” “nation,” “people/s,” and “political community” more or less interchangeably, when those things are not necessarily co-extensive.
I’d also be curious as to the envisioned nature of the “normative instruments” that have “binding force” which do not resort to the “law of force” and do not create “bonds of subordination” or “limit independence” when a State or nation or people or political community step outside of international law. I certainly can’t envision what it envisions (aside from a worldwide empire), for if there is a “totally effective” juridical authority that has the ability to enforce juridical norms (hence “totally effective”), then any entity subject to that authority so as to be bound by it is subordinate to it.
Anyone know what it has in mind?
Jason:
“If there is a “totally effective” juridical authority that has the ability to enforce juridical norms (hence “totally effective”), then any entity subject to that authority so as to be bound by it is subordinate to it.”
It is called Natural Law and all peoples and nations are bound by it. Natural Law may be found in the Golden Rule.