The Importance of Insight: Essays in Honour of Michael Vertin

by John J Liptay (Editor), David S. Liptay (Editor)

Overview

Written in honour of Michael Vertin the distinguished philosopher and Lonergan scholar at the University of Toronot, The Importance of Insight brings together a number of thoughtful essays by leading Lonergan scholars.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781487587253
Publisher:	University of Toronto Press
Publication date:	12/15/2007
Pages:	246
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.56(d)

About the Author

John J. Liptay is an assistant professor in the Philosophy Program at St. Thomas More College, University of Saskatchewan.

Table of Contents

Introduction

John J. Liptay Jr and David S. Liptay

PART ONE: Understanding Insight

Lonergan’s Transpositions of Augustine and Aquinas: Exploratory Suggestions
Matthew Lamb

Obstacles to the Implementation of Lonergan’s Solution to the Contemporary Crisis of Meaning
Mark D. Morelli

Empirical Consciousness inInsight: Is Our Conception Too Narrow?
Robert M. Doran, SJ

The Excessive Meaning of the Imaginal and Indirect Communication in Methodical Philosophy
S.J. McGrath

PART TWO: Insight in Theology

Is God Free to Create or Not Create?
Frederick E. Crowe, SJ

Revelation and/as Insight
Charles Hefling

Two Accounts of Reception
Margaret O’Gara

PART THREE: Insight in Ethics and Politics

The Ethics of Authenticity and the Human Good, in Honour of Michael Vertin, an Authentic Colleague
Fred Lawrence

Risk, Gratitude, and Love: Grounding Authentic Moral Deliberation
Cynthia S.W. Crysdale

Moral Education for Health Care Professionals
William F. Sullivan and John Heng

Democracy, Sublation, and the Scale of Values
Kenneth R. Melchin

PART FOUR: Further Thoughts on Insight

The Importance of RescuingInsight
Philip McShane

Michael Vertin Bibliography

Contributors