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    Defending Life: A Moral and Legal Case Against Abortion Choice.Francis J. Beckwith - 2007 - Cambridge University Press.
    Defending Life is arguably the most comprehensive defense of the pro-life position on abortion - morally, legally, and politically - that has ever been published in an academic monograph. It offers a detailed and critical analysis of Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey as well as arguments by those who defend a Rawlsian case for abortion-choice, such as J. J. Thomson. The author defends the substance view of persons as the view with the most explanatory power. The substance (...)
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    Natural Law, Catholicism, and the Protestant Critique: Why We Are Really Not That Far Apart.Francis J. Beckwith - 2019 - Christian Bioethics 25 (2):154-168.
    Catholics and Evangelical Protestants often find themselves on the same side on a variety of issues in bioethics. However, some Evangelicals have expressed reluctance to embrace the natural law reasoning used by Catholics in academic and policy debates. In this article, I argue that the primary concerns raised by Evangelicals about natural law reasoning are, ironically, concerns expressed by and intrinsic to the natural law tradition itself. To show this, I address two types of Protestant critics: the Frustrated Fellow Traveler (...)
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  3. The Explanatory Power of the Substance View of Persons.Francis J. Beckwith - 2004 - Christian Bioethics 10 (1):33-54.
    The purpose of this essay is to offer support for the substance view of persons, the philosophical anthropology defended by Patrick Lee in his essay. In order to accomplish this the author presents a brief definition of the substance view; argues that the substance view has more explanatory power in accounting for why we believe that human persons are intrinsically valuable even when they are not functioning as such, why human persons remain identical to themselves over time, and why it (...)
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  4. Personal Bodily Rights, Abortion, and Unplugging the Violinist.Francis J. Beckwith - 1992 - International Philosophical Quarterly 32 (1):105-118.
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    Potentials and burdens: a reply to Giubilini and Minerva.Francis J. Beckwith - 2013 - Journal of Medical Ethics 39 (5):341-344.
    This article responds to Giubilini and Minerva’s article ‘After birth abortion: why should the baby live?’ published in the Journal of Medical Ethics. They argue for the permissibility of ‘after-birth abortion’, based on two conjoined considerations: (1) the fetus or newborn, though a ‘potential person’, is not an actual person, because it is not mature enough to appreciate its own interests, and (2) because we allow parents to terminate the life of a fetus when it is diagnosed with a deformity (...)
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    Biothics, the Christian Citizen, and the Pluralist Game.Francis J. Beckwith - 2007 - Christian Bioethics 13 (2):159-170.
    The ascendancy of Christian activism in bioethical policy debates has elicited a number of responses by critics of this activism. These critics typically argue that the public square ought to embrace Secular Liberalism, a perspective that its proponents maintain is the most just arrangement in a pluralist society, even though SL places restraints on Christian activists that are not placed on similarly situated citizens who hold more liberal views on bioethical questions. The author critiques three arguments that are offered to (...)
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    Gotta Serve Somebody? Religious Liberty, Freedom of Conscience, and Religion as Comprehensive Doctrine.Francis J. Beckwith - 2020 - Studies in Christian Ethics 33 (2):168-178.
    This article critically assesses an account of religious liberty often associated with several legal and political philosophers: Ronald Dworkin, John Rawls, and Christopher Eisgruber and Lawrence Sager. Calling it the Religion as Comprehensive Doctrine approach, the author contrasts it with an account often attributed to John Locke and the American Founders Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, the Two Sovereigns approach. He argues that the latter provides an important corrective to RCD’s chief weakness: RCD eliminates from our vision those aspects of (...)
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    Physician Value Neutrality: A Critique.Francis J. Beckwith & John F. Peppin - 2000 - Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics 28 (1):67-77.
    Although the notion of physician value neutrality in medicine may be traced back to the writings of Sir William Osler, it is relatively new to medicine and medical ethics. We argue in this paper that how physician value neutrality has been cashed out is often obscure and its defense not persuasive. In addition, we argue that the social/political implementation of neutrality, Political Liberalism, fails, and thus, PVN's case is weakened, for PVN's justification relies largely on the reasoning undergirding PL. For (...)
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    The “No One Deserves His or Her Talents” Argument for Affirmative Action.Francis J. Beckwith - 1999 - Social Theory and Practice 25 (1):53-60.
  10. Does Judith Jarvis Thomson Really Grant the Pro-Life View of Fetal Personhood in Her Defense of Abortion?: A Rawlsian Assessment.Francis J. Beckwith - 2014 - International Philosophical Quarterly 54 (4):443-451.
    In her ground-breaking 1971 article, “A Defense of Abortion,” Judith Jarvis Thomson argues that even if one grants to the prolifer her most important premise—that the fetus is a person—the prolifer’s conclusion, the intrinsic wrongness of abortion, does not follow. However, in her 1995 article, “Abortion: Whose Right?,” Thomson employs Rawlsian liberalism to argue that even though the prolifer’s view of fetal personhood is not unreasonable, the prochoice advocate is not unreasonable in rejecting it. Thus, because we should err on (...)
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    The ethics of referral kickbacks and self-referral and the hmo physician as gatekeeper: An ethical analysis.Francis J. Beckwith - 1996 - Journal of Social Philosophy 27 (3):41-48.
  12. Secular Bioethics and Its Challenges to the Catholic Citizen.Francis J. Beckwith - 2014 - Nova et Vetera 12 (2).
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    Guidance for Doting and Peeping Thomists. [REVIEW]Francis J. Beckwith - 2010 - Philosophia Christi 12 (2):429-439.
    This essay is a review of Edward Feser’s Aquinas: A Beginner’s Guide. In the first part, the author summarizes the book’s five chapters, drawing attention to Feser’s application of Aquinas’s thought to contemporary philosophical problems. Part 2 is dedicated to Feser’s Thomistic analysis of Intelligent Design (ID). The author explains Feser’s case and why Aquinas’s “Fifth Way,” which is often labeled a “design argument,” depends on a philosophy of nature that ID’s methods implicitly reject.
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    Justificatory Liberalism and Same‐Sex Marriage.Francis J. Beckwith - 2013 - Ratio Juris 26 (4):487-509.
    Supporters of Justificatory Liberalism (JL)—such as John Rawls and Gerard Gaus—typically maintain that the state may not coerce its citizens on matters of constitutional essentials unless it can provide public justification that the coerced citizens would be irrational in rejecting. The state, in other words, may not coerce citizens whose rejection of the coercion is based on their reasonable comprehensive doctrines (i.e., worldviews). Proponents of the legal recognition of same-sex marriage (SSM) usually offer some version of JL as the most (...)
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    The Epistemology of Political Correctness.Francis J. Beckwith - 1994 - Public Affairs Quarterly 8 (4):331-340.
  16. Or we can be philosophers: a response to Barbara Forrest.Francis J. Beckwith - 2015 - Synthese 192 (Suppl 1):3-25.
    This article is a response to Barbara Forrest’ 2011 Synthese article, “On the Non-Epistemology of Intelligent Design.” Forrest offers an account of my philosophical work that consists almost entirely of personal attacks, excursions into my religious pilgrimage, and misunderstandings and misrepresentations of my work as well as of certain philosophical issues. Not surprisingly, the Synthese editors include a disclaimer in the front matter of the special issue in which Forrest’s article was published. In my response, I address three topics: (1) (...)
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    Stephen W. Smith: End-of-life decisions in medical care: principles and policies for regulating the dying process: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2012, 350 pp, $110, ISBN: 978-1-107-00538-9. [REVIEW]Francis J. Beckwith - 2013 - Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics 34 (6):499-504.
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    Abortion. [REVIEW]Francis J. Beckwith - 2010 - Faith and Philosophy 27 (4):478-482.
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    Maureen L. Condic: Untangling twinning: what science tells us about the nature of human embryos: University of Notre Dame Press, 2020, 196 pp, $45, ISBN: 978-0-268-10705-5.Francis Joseph Beckwith - 2022 - Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics 43 (1):71-74.
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    Zygotes, Embryos, and Subsistence.Francis J. Beckwith - 2012 - Philosophia Christi 14 (1):209-219.
    This article is a response by the author of Defending Life, Francis Beckwith, to Kevin Corcoran’s critical review of that book. In his review Corcoran maintains that Beckwith provides only a “typical” genetic code argument for the zygote’s individual humanity, and that Beckwith fails to show that there exists an individual human organism that subsists from conception and develops into a mature version of itself. Beckwith argues that Corcoran is mistaken on both counts.
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  21. American Constitutionalism, Marriage, and the Family. [REVIEW]Francis J. Beckwith - 2017 - Interpretation 44 (1).
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    Are You Politically Correct?: Debating America’s Cultural Standards.Francis J. Beckwith & Michael E. Bauman (eds.) - 1993 - Contemporary Issues (Prometheu.
    Essays from both the left and right examine the wide range of issues surrounding the debates over political correctness and multiculturalism.
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  23. After Progress: Finding the Old Way Forward. [REVIEW]Francis J. Beckwith - 2000 - Philosophia Christi 2 (2):328-330.
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  24. Fides, ratio et juris : how some courts and some legal theorists misrepresent the rational status of religious beliefs.Francis J. Beckwith - 2014 - In Paul R. DeHart & Carson Holloway (eds.), Reason, Revelation, and the Civic Order: Political Philosophy and the Claims of Faith. Northern Illinois University Press.
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  25. Ruth Ellen Bulger, Elizabeth Heitman, and Stanley Joel Reiser, eds., Ethical Dimensions of the Biological Sciences Reviewed by.Francis J. Beckwith - 1994 - Philosophy in Review 14 (4):242-243.
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    Like It was Written in My Soul from Me to You: Assessing Jerry Walls' Critique of the Catholic Account of Purgatory.Francis J. Beckwith - 2013 - Heythrop Journal.
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  27. The Mormon Concept of God: A Philosophical Analysis.Francis J. Beckwith & Stephen E. Parrish - 1994 - International Journal for Philosophy of Religion 35 (2):118-120.
     
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    Legal Neutrality and Same-Sex Marriage.Francis J. Beckwith - 2005 - Philosophia Christi 7 (1):19-25.
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  29. Hume's Evidential/Testimonial Epistemology, Probability, and Miracles.Francis J. Beckwith - 1991 - Logos. Anales Del Seminario de Metafísica [Universidad Complutense de Madrid, España] 12:87 - 104.
    In this paper I will critically analyze the first part of David Hume’s argument against miracles, which has been traditionally referred to as the in-principle argument. However, unlike most critiques of Hume’s argument, I will (1) present a view of evidential epistemology and probability that will take into consideration Hume’s accurate observation that miracles are highly improbable events while(2) arguing that one can be within one’s epistemic rights in believing that a miracle has occurred. As for the proper definition of (...)
     
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    Marriage, Sex, and the Jurisprudence of Skepticism.Francis J. Beckwith - 2005 - Philosophia Christi 7 (1):41-44.
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    Miracles. [REVIEW]Francis J. Beckwith - 1989 - Teaching Philosophy 12 (3):335-337.
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    Religion and Morality. [REVIEW]Francis J. Beckwith - 1998 - Faith and Philosophy 15 (3):375-379.
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    Faith, Reason, and the Liberal Order.Francis J. Beckwith - 2018 - Proceedings of the American Catholic Philosophical Association 92:1-18.
    Claims of religious conscience that run counter to prevailing cultural trends are increasingly met with bewilderment and disbelief. The author argues that this should not surprise us given the ways in which the rational and liturgical status of religious beliefs and practices are widely misunderstood and misrepresented by jurists and legal philosophers. To make this point the author discusses some recent arguments found in court cases as well as in legal scholarship on religion. He encourages Catholic philosophers—who typically do not (...)
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    Philosophy, Grace, and Reconciliation.Francis J. Beckwith - 2014 - Logos: A Journal of Catholic Thought and Culture 17 (3):66-79.
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    Replies to Evan Fales: On History and Miracles.Francis J. Beckwith - 2001 - Philosophia Christi 3 (1):42 - 45.
    This article is a response to Evan Fales’s critique of Francis Beckwith’s chapter ’Philosophia Christi’ Series 2, 3.1 2001) that appeared in the 1997 book, ’In Defense of Miracles’ (InterVarsity Press, 1997). Beckwith argues that Fales seems to misunderstand his argument. In his reply, Beckwith clarifies his original case and then moves on and addresses Fales’s argument that if miracles regularly occur, the reason for believing in miracles would be undermined; they are contrary to the regular course of nature. Beckwith (...)
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    Reply to Keenan.Francis J. Beckwith - 1992 - International Philosophical Quarterly 32 (3):369-376.
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    Reforming the Law of Nature: The Secularization of Political Thought, 1532–1689 by Simon P. Kennedy.Francis J. Beckwith - 2023 - Review of Metaphysics 76 (3):553-555.
    In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content:Reviewed by:Reforming the Law of Nature: The Secularization of Political Thought, 1532–1689 by Simon P. KennedyFrancis J. BeckwithKENNEDY, Simon P. Reforming the Law of Nature: The Secularization of Political Thought, 1532–1689. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2022. ix + 125 pp. Cloth, $110.00In this monograph Simon P. Kennedy offers an account of the desacralization of politics in the West by critically examining the works of five central figures in the (...)
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    After Progress: Finding the Old Way Forward.Francis J. Beckwith - 2000 - Philosophia Christi 2 (2):328-330.
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    Homosexuality and American Public Life.Francis J. Beckwith - 1999 - Philosophia Christi 1 (2):146-148.
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    Philosophy of Law and Legal Theory: An Anthology.Francis J. Beckwith - 2003 - Philosophia Christi 5 (1):350-352.
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    A Defense of Human Dignity: Creating Life, Destroying Life, and Protecting the Rights of Conscience. By Christopher Kaczor.Francis J. Beckwith - 2014 - American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly 88 (1):177-179.
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    Human Values: New Essays on Ethics and Natural Law.Francis J. Beckwith - 2007 - Philosophia Christi 9 (1):240-242.
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    Matthew D. Wright, A Vindication of Politics: On the Common Good and Human Flourishing.Francis J. Beckwith - 2019 - Philosophia Christi 21 (2):457-459.
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    Faith, Reason, and the Christian University: What Pope John Paul II Can Teach Christian Academics.Francis J. Beckwith - 2009 - Logos: A Journal of Catholic Thought and Culture 12 (3):53-67.
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    Beyond All Reason: The Radical Assault on Truth in American Law.Francis J. Beckwith - 2001 - Philosophia Christi 3 (2):593-595.
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    Nature, Design, and Science: The Status of Design in Natural Science.Francis J. Beckwith - 2002 - Philosophia Christi 4 (1):262-265.
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    Abortion. [REVIEW]Francis J. Beckwith - 2010 - Faith and Philosophy 27 (4):478-482.
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    The Metaphysics and Theology of Political and Legal Disagreement. [REVIEW]Francis J. Beckwith - 2002 - Philosophia Christi 4 (2):477-492.
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    Guidance for Doting and Peeping Thomists.Francis J. Beckwith - 2010 - Philosophia Christi 12 (2):429-439.
    This essay is a review of Edward Feser’s Aquinas: A Beginner’s Guide. In the first part, the author summarizes the book’s five chapters, drawing attention to Feser’s application of Aquinas’s thought to contemporary philosophical problems. Part 2 is dedicated to Feser’s Thomistic analysis of Intelligent Design. The author explains Feser’s case and why Aquinas’s “Fifth Way,” which is often labeled a “design argument,” depends on a philosophy of nature that ID’s methods implicitly reject.
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    Reply to Keenan.Francis J. Beckwith - 1992 - International Philosophical Quarterly 32 (3):369-376.
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