Google AL: Integral Humanism vs. Secular Humanism: Maritain proposed an "Integral Humanism" that integrates human autonomy with divine grace. However, critics like Ripperger argue this compromise with "Enlightenment modernity" risks subordinating the spiritual to the political. In Ripperger's view, true love for a neighbor cannot exist "outside of God" because without God, there is no objective moral basis for the neighbor's value.

To approach "anything outside of human autonomy"—particularly in the context of Jacques Maritain and Father Chad Ripperger—is to move from the natural plane of human self-governance to the supernatural plane of divine dependence.

• The Problem of Autonomy: Maritain argues that modern man often seeks an "anthropocentric humanism" where the individual's will becomes a "little pointless 'god'". In this state, love of neighbor is based on natural sentiment rather than a divine mandate, which Father Ripperger critiques as a failure to engage the virtue of charity—a virtue that must be directed toward God as its primary object.
• The "10th Street" Analogy: While Maritain did not famously use a "10th Street" metaphor, his philosophy often deals with the "intersection" of the temporal and spiritual. For traditionalists like Ripperger, staying only on the "street" of human autonomy (the temporal) is a path to secularism. To "cross" into the spiritual, one must recognize that human dignity is not self-derived but is "fashioned in the image of God".
• Integral Humanism vs. Secular Humanism: Maritain proposed an "Integral Humanism" that integrates human autonomy with divine grace. However, critics like Ripperger argue this compromise with "Enlightenment modernity" risks subordinating the spiritual to the political. In Ripperger's view, true love for a neighbor cannot exist "outside of God" because without God, there is no objective moral basis for the neighbor's value.
• Practical Implications: In a society focused on autonomy, "civic friendship" is often reduced to a utilitarian calculus. To move beyond this, Maritain suggests a "theocentric" approach where human rights and love are rooted in the transcendent.