Gary Gutting at Commonweal

Article

Friends Without Brains

Authentic friendship requires inner subjective awareness. So can I really have a “relationship” with a robot?

December 20, 2018

Feature

Is Ours the Best World Ever?

Steven Pinker argues that the Enlightenment is the best thing that ever happened to humankind, but has he really listened to its critics?

By Gary Gutting

March 26, 2018

Secularism and Modernity

Books

Feature

Taking the Measure of #MeToo

Two views on finding justice amid moral outrage

By Gary Gutting and Sarah Ruden

March 2, 2018

Ethics

Gender

Domestic Affairs

Article

More than Animals

Roger Scruton maintains that animality is but one aspect of our human nature

By Gary Gutting

May 8, 2017

Books

Secularism and Modernity

Theology

Article

Violence, Videos, and Statistics

The powerful video images on which we fixate cannot answer the complex statistical questions needed to resolve the issue of police bias against black people.

By Gary Gutting

September 13, 2016

Race

Social Justice

Article

Sex Is Not 'Fun'

Sex isn't an enjoyable activity that we can detach from things that really matter. Sex isn’t like telling a joke, drinking good wine, or watching a basketball game.

By Gary Gutting

September 8, 2016

Ethics

Secularism and Modernity

Sexuality

Article

Intellectual Maintenance

The move to less philosophy is a mistake. Philosophy is utterly essential for an educated Catholic; pedagogically, anything less than two courses is inadequate.

By Gary Gutting

January 27, 2016

Domestic Affairs

Higher Education

Secularism and Modernity

U.S. Catholicism

Article

Believe It or Not

“New atheists” like Richard Dawkins have made a splash with aggressive attacks on religion. But Michael Ruse, philosopher and reflective atheist, is not impressed.

By Gary Gutting

April 18, 2015

Secularism and Modernity

Book Essay

Books

Theology

Article

Doubting Thomas

There are three key doctrines where Aquinas’s arguments lead to perplexing conclusions: immortality, creation, and the nature of God as both one and triune.

May 5, 2014