Dennis Buonafede, Author at Integrated Catholic Life™

We’ve Lost that “Thinking” Feeling

Posted by Dennis Buonafede | Jul 22, 2015 | Ideas Have Consequences, Regular Feature |

When I first begin a new semester of teaching Philosophy, I always begin by asking students for...

Gender Confusion Results from Misunderstanding Human Nature

Posted by Dennis Buonafede | Jul 15, 2015 | Ideas Have Consequences, Regular Feature |

From “gender-bending” to “gender-less” in less than two weeks. Honestly, I couldn’t make this up...

Rediscovering Our Humanity… Metaphysically

Posted by Dennis Buonafede | Jul 8, 2015 | Ideas Have Consequences, Regular Feature |

We are raising activists, not saints! I don’t remember exactly what it was that made me scribble down that observation because I was cooking lunch for my children and was half listening to the news on the television, but that...

The Principle of Finality and Teenagers… or “Is That Your Final Answer?”

Posted by Dennis Buonafede | Jul 1, 2015 | Ideas Have Consequences, Regular Feature |

The tough question Every year, around November, I have an involuntary front row seat to the latest round of teenage angst dealing with University applications. One year was particularly intense because two of my philosophy...

Teenagers and Truth

Posted by Dennis Buonafede | Jun 17, 2015 | Ideas Have Consequences, Regular Feature |

What is truth? This is not an idle question, especially for teenagers. They may not ask it this way but there is a hunger, a need, an intense yearning to grab onto something that makes sense of their existence. The young man’s...