Embryonic Stem Cells, Adult Stem Cells, and Medical Treatments
by Dr. David Fleischacker Only adult stem cells work in adult tissues. Embryonic stem cells work in embryos, not mature organisms. The Term “Stem Cell” Unfortunately, the technical language that […]...
40 Years Since Humanae Vitae: A Metaphysical Distinction
by Dr. David Fleischacker As with men, the organic and psychic life of women possesses an intelligibility that begins with the finality to conceive life. And as in men, […]...
Lonergan and Aquinas and Questions about Using a Faculty Psychology
by Dunstan Robidoux, OSB In the works of Aquinas and, sometimes, even in some of Lonergan’s writings, one finds references to human conscious life in words which traditionally belong to […]...
Love of the gods, of God, and the Capacity for self-transcendence.
St. Thomas Aquinas argues that sanctifying grace transforms the very essence of the human soul (Summa Theologica, I-II, Q 110, a. 4). This essence is at the basis of the […]...
40 Years After Humanae Vitae: Male Procreative Schemes
by Dr. David Fleischacker Some say men all start with a female body, however this is only partially true as far as I can tell. This view is based primarily […]...
Lonergan and Aquinas: Isomorphism and Proportionality
by Br. Dunstan Robidoux OSB The Thomism of Lonergan’s philosophy and theology is accepted by some and rejected by others. On the one hand, Lonergan says about himself that he […]...
40 Years after Humanae Vitae: Part 4, The Oocyte
by Dr. David Fleischacker The oocyte (the unfertilized egg) has an interesting formation. Before a little girl is born, all of the oocytes that she will ever possess have already […]...
St. Thomas on why there are only three Persons when there are four mutually opposed relations in the Holy Trinity
by Dr. David Fleischacker In the first part of the Summa Theologicae, question 30, article 2, St. Thomas is presenting the intelligible grounds for the existence of three and only […]...
40 years after Humanae Vitae: Part 3, a note on counterpositions
by David Fleischacker This last week, I gave a little talk on the role of the Church in the conversion of St. Augustine, and in preparation for this, I read […]...
40 Years since Humanae Vitae, Part 2: Finality and Spermatozoan
By Dr. David Fleischacker Sometimes, when one begins a journey, one never knows how it will entirely end. In part, this is true for what will be following in the […]...