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Freedom and Authority |
| Section: MODERN THOUGHT / THE CHALLENGE OF MODERNITY |
| Author: Gerald McCool |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 2/1/1986 |
| Size: 5,609 Words, 34,645 Characters |
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It is over thirty years since Max Horheimer and Theodore Adorno brought out their Dialectic of Enlightenment. Much more recently, the distinguished German theologian, Wolfhart Pannenberg, published two important books, Theology and the Kingdom of God and The Idea of God and Human Freedom. All three books have made a significant contribution to our growing awareness of the crisis between freedom and authority in our liberal technocratic Western society. They have also called attention to the dangerous weakening of Western democracy through its failure to resolve this crisis. As the failure of individualistic Western democracy to solve the ethical and social problems of our age becomes increasingly apparent, Marxism's vigorous use of collective authority to achieve its social goals become...
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... Nevertheless, to really confront the crisis of freedom of authority, I am convinced that we must return to the full metaphysics of the old organic tradition. One can still do so and remain faithful to contemporary philosophy. Whitehead's philosophy of God and society has a lot to offer and so, I am convinced, has the Thomistic tradition in the hands of its contemporary representatives.
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