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Notes for David O'Connor's 3/7/07 lecture on Pope Paul VI, Humanae Vitae and Dubus, “All the Time in the World” for PHIL 20214

Pope Paul VI, Humanae Vitae; Dubus, “All the Time in the World”

I. Background to Humanae Vitae

A. Revolution in the air

B. A volatile time for sexual mores

II. Cheap, effective contraception

A. How contraception changes the conjugal act

B. Analogy to nutrition and companionship in meals

III. LuAnn discovers her own deepest desires

A. More than “naked dating”: “a home with love in it, with a wife and children”

B. Insurance and Dubus’ own aspirations in writing

"LuAnn appreciated the practical function of insurance and bought a small policy on her own life, naming her parents as beneficiaries; she considered it a partial payment of her first child's tuition. But after nearly a year with the insurance company, on a Saturday afternoon while she was walking in Boston, wearing jeans and boots and a sweatshirt and feeling the sun on her face and hair, she admitted to herself that insurance bored her. Soon she was working for a small publisher. She earned less money but felt she was closer to the light she had sometimes lived in during college, had received from teachers and books and other students and often her own work. Now she was trying to sell literature, the human attempt to make truth palpable and delightful." (Andre Dubus, Dancing After Hours, New York: Vintage, 1996: 86)

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	Info Session 22 Notes Document Actions — filed under: “All the Time in the World”, Pope Paul VI,, contraception, Andre Dubus, Humanae Vitae Notes for David O'Connor's 3/7/07 lecture on Pope Paul VI, Humanae Vitae and Dubus, “All the Time in the World” for PHIL 20214 Pope Paul VI, Humanae Vitae; Dubus, “All the Time in the World” I. Background to Humanae Vitae A. Revolution in the air B. A volatile time for sexual mores II. Cheap, effective contraception A. How contraception changes the conjugal act B. Analogy to nutrition and companionship in meals III. LuAnn discovers her own deepest desires A. More than “naked dating”: “a home with love in it, with a wife and children” B. Insurance and Dubus’ own aspirations in writing "LuAnn appreciated the practical function of insurance and bought a small policy on her own life, naming her parents as beneficiaries; she considered it a partial payment of her first child's tuition. But after nearly a year with the insurance company, on a Saturday afternoon while she was walking in Boston, wearing jeans and boots and a sweatshirt and feeling the sun on her face and hair, she admitted to herself that insurance bored her. Soon she was working for a small publisher. She earned less money but felt she was closer to the light she had sometimes lived in during college, had received from teachers and books and other students and often her own work. Now she was trying to sell literature, the human attempt to make truth palpable and delightful." (Andre Dubus, Dancing After Hours, New York: Vintage, 1996: 86) Copyright 2009, by the Contributing Authors. Cite/attribute Resource. O\'Connor, D. (2007, July 04). Session 22 Notes. Retrieved November 23, 2009, from Notre Dame OpenCourseWare Web site: http://ocw.nd.edu/philosophy/ancient-wisdom-modern-love/lecture-notes/session-22-notes. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License.