Tag: virtue

Disc. 8, Newman criticizes the notion of virtue as mere decency

Newman continues pointing out the errors in Shaftesbury’s notion of conscience and morality. He calls it a superficial view whereby the measure of right or

Fr. Juan Velez April 2, 2012

Newman’s Disc. 8: conscience is more than a moral taste or sentiment

Modern relativism replaces moral truth with so-called moral preferences (or taste). Newman criticizes the Religion of Reason and its followers, who “made their own minds

Fr. Juan Velez April 1, 2012

Disc. 8, continued, on morality based on knowledge alone

In this discourse of the Idea of a University Newman describes further the morality based on knowledge alone which is acquired by educated men. In

Fr. Juan Velez March 29, 2012