osing. In order to achieve that good, man is compelled to make choices to pursue the good in proportion to his being and to conduct himself well in that pursuit. The full goodness men should pursue is the ultimate good-God, who "is not just another good thing." Therefore, the authentic meaning of man's liberty, which requires him to act in ways that serve his true good, contrasts sharply with modern notions that goals and means are good because they are desired. The medieval conception of rights bears no resemblance to modern beliefs and the claims derived from them.
             When these claimed rights conflict, force is the only resolution. As McInerny demonstrates, the modern shibboleths of pluralism and tolerance-honorable and meaningful in their own ways-have practical value only if they are made operative within a context that allows prudent and constructive meaning to be ascribed them. To embrace relativism is to bring about the end of liberty generally and of free society particularly. The sixteen
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