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Conservative Heavyweight: The Remarkable Mind of Robert P. George
Crisis ^ | September 1, 2003 | Anne Morse

Posted on 09/03/2003 12:55:14 PM PDT by nickcarraway

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To: forester
Le Ping.
21 posted on 09/03/2003 8:31:03 PM PDT by Carry_Okie (The environment is too complex and too important to be managed by politics.)
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To: nickcarraway
Great post, great man. Thanks for the alert
22 posted on 09/04/2003 8:05:26 AM PDT by As you well know...
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To: nickcarraway
"Celibacy, if it is an aid to one's ministry, is helpful. If it is not, then it is a hindrance and can be detrimental. As to the practice of celibacy, I prefer to take Christ's advice: "Let him accept it, who can."

Hmmm. Sounds like the kind of advice an old Augustinian monk was giving out a few centuries back...

23 posted on 09/04/2003 9:54:32 AM PDT by boromeo
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To: nickcarraway
Thanks for linking to this on another thread. I admire Professor George, and learned so much from his series of debates on stem cell research on "National Review."

However, the author is wrong, wrong, wrong about one thing:

"" If there really is a vast, right-wing conspiracy, its leaders probably meet in George’s basement.""


Of course, we meet here on FR.
24 posted on 09/18/2003 9:10:11 PM PDT by hocndoc (Choice is the # 1 killer in the US)
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To: hocndoc
Now, now. Maybe he has a computer lab in hus basement...
25 posted on 09/18/2003 10:04:06 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway
Bump to savor later.
26 posted on 09/18/2003 10:16:29 PM PDT by Bernard Marx
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To: nickcarraway; Dutchgirl
Whoops, Dutchgirl posted the link to the other thread. (don't bother looking, it was just a bash at David Horowitz).

Unless he has the FR servers in his basement, I'm afraid the author made a mistake. I will forgive her, since I'm sure the mistake was only due to her admiration of Professor George.

27 posted on 09/18/2003 10:22:53 PM PDT by hocndoc (Choice is the # 1 killer in the US)
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To: 2ndMostConservativeBrdMember; afraidfortherepublic; Alas; al_c; american colleen; annalex; ...
The President's Council on Bioethics: Robert P. George, JD, D.
Department of Politics - Robert P. George
Robert P. George - Online Resources
Robert P. George on Stem Cells & Debate #2 on National Review Online

28 posted on 01/27/2006 12:14:21 PM PST by Coleus (IMHO, The IVF procedure is immoral & kills many embryos/children and should be outlawed)
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To: nickcarraway; Coleus
Big Robert George fan here. A true intellectual of the first rank.

With all due respect, Bill Bennet and John "I hate WASPs" Diulio are nowhere near in the same league.

29 posted on 01/27/2006 12:21:07 PM PST by Clemenza (Divot: "You're Meshugah!" Bakshi: "I'm NOT Your Sugar!")
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To: Clemenza

Very true


30 posted on 01/27/2006 12:53:19 PM PST by nickcarraway (I'm Only Alive, Because a Judge Hasn't Ruled I Should Die...)
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To: nickcarraway; Coleus; wagglebee
“Some politicians say that they’re ‘personally opposed’ to abortion, yet ‘pro-choice,’” says the 48-year-old professor of constitutional law and moral philosophy. “But we must ask: Is this a position that can survive the test of logical coherence? After all, if abortion is wrong, surely it is wrong because it is the unjust taking of the life of a developing human being.” He pauses to let that sink in and then launches another question: “And if one believes that, then what could possibly justify a regime of law that licenses so grave an injustice?”

Brilliant!! The 'personally opposed' position I always found stupid.

31 posted on 01/27/2006 1:27:55 PM PST by Irish_Thatcherite (~~~A vote for Bertie Ahern is a vote for Gerry Adams!~~~)
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This argument is perfect!

The Culture of Death is trying to destroy thousands of years of Judeo-Christian values. A person can either be Pro-Life or Pro-Death -- there is no middle ground. To provide an opportunity for someone to do something that is morally wrong, is in itself morally wrong.

32 posted on 01/27/2006 1:36:38 PM PST by wagglebee ("We are ready for the greatest achievements in the history of freedom." -- President Bush, 1/20/05)
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To: Gritty

Exactly. One conservative has more sense than fifty liberals combined. Well, fifty liberals is only multiplied mental mendacity.


33 posted on 01/27/2006 1:57:22 PM PST by Fester Chugabrew
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To: nickcarraway

Good bio. I have the greatest respect for Robert George. He was one of the backers of Chief Justice Roberts, which was one major reason why I figured that Roberts was a good pick. I trust George, and I don't think it would be easy to pull the wool over his eyes.

The article seems to have dropped the reference to journals where George has published, but one of them is First Things. Here's a search at First Things for articles by or about George:

http://www.google.com/u/firstthings?q=Robert+P.+George&sa=Google+Search


34 posted on 01/27/2006 2:02:28 PM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: wagglebee
To provide an opportunity for someone to do something that is morally wrong, is in itself morally wrong.

The 'personally opposed' is ok for marijauna - it's just a personal responsibilty issue, but the same argument about abortion is ridiculous!!

35 posted on 01/27/2006 2:05:14 PM PST by Irish_Thatcherite (~~~A vote for Bertie Ahern is a vote for Gerry Adams!~~~)
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To: Irish_Thatcherite

I do not consider marijuana or similar things to be "moral" issues.


36 posted on 01/27/2006 2:13:28 PM PST by wagglebee ("We are ready for the greatest achievements in the history of freedom." -- President Bush, 1/20/05)
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To: wagglebee

That's my point - but moral relativists apply such arguments.


37 posted on 01/27/2006 2:16:26 PM PST by Irish_Thatcherite (~~~A vote for Bertie Ahern is a vote for Gerry Adams!~~~)
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To: Irish_Thatcherite

C.S. Lewis warned over fifty years ago that the moral relativism argument put forth by secular humanists were the greatest threat we faced. He was absolutely right.


38 posted on 01/27/2006 2:22:43 PM PST by wagglebee ("We are ready for the greatest achievements in the history of freedom." -- President Bush, 1/20/05)
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To: wagglebee

How true!!


39 posted on 01/27/2006 2:26:03 PM PST by Irish_Thatcherite (~~~A vote for Bertie Ahern is a vote for Gerry Adams!~~~)
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Lecture at Columbia U.: "Embryo Ethics: The Moral Status of Nascent Human Life" by Robert P. George
40 posted on 01/27/2006 4:20:36 PM PST by Coleus (IMHO, The IVF procedure is immoral & kills many embryos/children and should be outlawed)
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