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Submitted by Jim H., Feb 28, 2008 13:07

Thank you for the review of Nussbaum's new work. It is clear where Father Neuhaus is coming from in his review of her book, but he does allow some of the essence of her argument to come through his skewer. I do look forward to reading her book, not least because I wrote my law review note on the same topic. Moreover, I have been blogging about just this issue over at Wisdom of the West.


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Fr. Neuhaus is an extraordinarily intelligent critic who exemplifies the qualities he attacks in Professor Nussbaum. Any long time reader... [MORE]

Jim Clark 

Mar 22, 2008 09:54

Roger Williams defended Native Americans, saw us as "one blood" with them and was against forced conversions. He was against... [MORE]

Gretchen Robinson 

Mar 10, 2008 15:52

Father Neuhaus's critique suggests again that a key, perhaps THE key of any argument is its ethos dimension, i.e. the... [MORE]

George T. Karnezis 

Mar 4, 2008 14:24

Father Neuhaus, Your attempt to discredit Nussbaum's contention that Roger William's conclusions about religious freedom, which he based on his... [MORE]

curious sampler 

Mar 3, 2008 19:34

We know the USA is a failed social experiment and every time a new change is introduced to diversify USA... [MORE]

HRossner 

Mar 2, 2008 15:44

Father Neuhaus criticizes Nussbaum for missing the fact that religious conviction has been the grounds for the defense of religious... [MORE]

John Hacker-Wright 

Feb 29, 2008 08:43

According to what Hacker-Wright is saying, Neuhaus has misread Williams, not Rawls. But Neuhaus's only point about Williams is that... [MORE]

Michael Mattair 

Mar 5, 2008 14:09

Just because a view is a product of another does not mean it is essentially tied to that view. Nussbaum... [MORE]

John Hacker-Wright 

Mar 12, 2008 13:13

There was once a time not so long ago when comments such as those of Father Neuhaus would have evoked... [MORE]

Stephen R. Marks 

Feb 29, 2008 02:48

I seriously doubt that Jefferson, the man that removed all mention of miracles from his version of the bible and... [MORE]

Corey Long 

Feb 28, 2008 17:47

Thank you for the review of Nussbaum's new work. It is clear where Father Neuhaus is coming from in his...

Jim H. 

Feb 28, 2008 13:07

in order to have freedom of any sort there has to be order and law. people have to refrain from... [MORE]

Fender 

Feb 28, 2008 10:22

Fender claims Nussbaum has yet to comment on religious violence. In fact, she is well aware of such things; her... [MORE]

Bill in DC 

Feb 28, 2008 22:50

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