J. Budziszewski

Affiliated Faculty

J. Budziszewski specializes in political philosophy, ethical philosophy, legal philosophy, and the interaction of religion with philosophy. Among his research interests are classical natural law, virtue ethics, conscience and moral self-deception, human happiness and fulfillment, the family in relation to political and social order, religion in public life, and the problem of toleration.

Publications 

The Resurrection of Nature: Political Theory and the Human Character
The Nearest Coast of Darkness: A Vindication of the Politics of Virtues
True Tolerance: Liberalism and the Necessity of Judgment
Written on the Heart: The Case for Natural Law
The Revenge of Conscience: Politics and the Fall of Man
Evangelicals in the Public Square
Natural Law for Lawyers
The Line Through the Heart: Natural Law as Fact, Theory, and Sign of Contradiction
What We Can’t Not Know: A Guide
On the Meaning of Sex
Commentary on Thomas Aquinas’s Treatise on Law
Companion to the Commentary
Commentary on Thomas Aquinas’s Virtue Ethics
Commentary on Thomas Aquinas’s Treatise on Happiness and Ultimate Purpose
Commentary on Thomas Aquinas’s Treatise on Divine Law
How and How Not to Be Happy
Commentary on Thomas Aquinas’s Treatise on the One God
Pandemic of Lunacy: How to Think Clearly When Everyone Around You Seems Crazy
How to Stay Christian in College 

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