What We Can't Not Know: A Guide

In this new revised edition of his groundbreaking work, Professor J. Budziszewski challenges the modern assumption that moral truth is obscure or even unattainable. With clear, logical arguments he rehabilitates the natural law tradition, restoring confidence in a moral code based on human nature. What We Can't Not Know explains the rational foundations of precepts that are not only right for all, but at some level known to all. Budziszewski shows how that foundation has been kicked out from another Western society, so that we deceive ourselves about what we actually know. 

Having passed through atheism and nihilism in his own search for truth, Budziszewski understands the philosophical and personal roots of moral relativism and denial. With wisdom born of both experience and rigorous intellectual inquiry, he offers a foothold to those who are attempting to understand and defend the reasonableness of traditional morality. Budziszewski believes that natural law theory has entered a new phase, in which theology will again have the pride of place. 

Many thinkers have held that religious conviction hampers the search for common ground. Budziszewski demonstrates that on the contrary, faith can be a pathway to apprehending universal norms of behavior.