En Route To Communicative Praxis: Understanding Natural Law and Several Communicative Implications

<p>This work claims communicative praxis is necessary and becomes increasingly more promising by introducing discussions that integrate explicit knowledge of natural law as a precursor for conversations regarding communication ethics. Taking a hermeneutical approach of returning to a text [book, person, place, etc.] with different questions develops new insights for identifying obstacles to understanding, functioning as barriers in preventing praxis. Some existing obstacles include errors, irrelevant information, misunderstandings, and implicit or omitted topics like natural law found lacking throughout the philosophical discourse. Therefore, this dissertation defines key terms, unveils the lineage of the law, reviews texts by Roman Catholic scholars explaining natural law, and considers some communicative implications when knowledge of natural law becomes explicit in discussions regarding communication ethics.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

PhD

Level thesis:degree_level

Worldwide Access

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Communication and Rhetorical Studies

Year dc:date.available

2015

Author dc:creator

• Kosko, Rachel Ann

Contributors dc:contributor

• Calvin Troup
• Ronald Arnett
• Janie Fritz

• Communication
• Communicative Praxis
• Communiction Ethics
• Natural Theology
• Rhetoric
• Virtue

Language dc:language

English

Repository record dc:identifier

https://dsc.duq.edu/etd/82

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:dsc.duq.edu:etd-1081