"Between the Lines: Was Leo Strauss a Secret Enemy of Morality?" Crisis 7, no. 11 (1989): 19-26. Collected Essays vol. 2, 317-27.
Essays
In Defense of Satan
"In Defense of Satan: Christian Perspectives on the Problem of Evil." This World 25 (1989): 50-58. Collected Essays vol. 3, 241-51.
Aristotle and the Sociobiologists
"Aristotle and the Sociobiologists: An Old Controversy Revisited." Politics and the Life Sciences 6, no. 2 (1988): 205-8. Collected Essays vol. 4, 281-86.
Making Ends Meet: The Dilemma of Catholic Thought
"Making Ends Meet: The Dilemma of Catholic Thought." Free Inquiry 8, no. 1 (1987): 36-39. Revised and published as "The Trouble with Catholic Social Thought," Boston College Magazine 47, no. 3: 37-42. Collected Essays vol. 3, 303-13.
Basil the Great and the Choice of Hercules
"Basil the Great and the Choice of Hercules: A Note on the Christianization of a Pagan Myth." Graduate Faculty Philosophy Journal 11, no. 2 (1986): 65-81. Collected Essays vol. 1, 153-68.
Faith and Reason in Contemporary Perspective
"Faith and Reason in Contemporary Perspective: Apropos of a Recent Book." Review of The God of Faith and Reason: The Foundations of Christian Theology, by Robert Sokolowski. Interpretation 14, nos. 2-3 (1986): 371-87. Collected Essays vol. 2, 297-316.
Catholic Social Teaching and the Economy
"Catholic Social Teaching and the Economy." Catholicism in Crisis 3, no. 2 (1985): 41-44. Collected Essays vol. 3, 295-301.
Natural Law and Social Justice
"Natural Law and Social Justice." American Journal of Jurisprudence 30 (1985): 1-20. Collected Essays vol. 2, 223-41.
Why I Am Not a Thomist
"Why I Am Not a Thomist." Collected Essays vol. 4, 175-82.
Dawson and Augustine
"Dawson and Augustine." Dawson Newsletter 4, no. 4 (1985-86): 12-14. Reprinted as "A Note on Dawson and St. Augustine," Collected Essays vol. 1, 115-22.