Natural Law Ethics in Theory and Practice

Natural Law Ethics in Theory and Practice
Author: John Liptay
Publisher:
Total Pages: 377
Release: 2020
Genre: Law
ISBN: 0813232953

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"This volume presents a selection of previously published essays by Joseph Boyle, a crucial contributor to 20th century Catholic moral philosophy through his development of the New Classical Natural Law Theory"--

Catholic Perspectives on Medical Morals

Catholic Perspectives on Medical Morals
Author: Edmund D. Pellegrino
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 302
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9400925387

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CATHOLIC PERSPECTIVES AND CONTEMPORARY MEDICAL MORALS A Catholic perspective on medical morals antedates the current world wide interest in medical and biomedical ethics by many centuries[5]. Discussions about the moral status of the fetus, abortion, contraception, and sterilization can be found in the writings of the Fathers and Doctors of the Church. Teachings on various aspects of medical morals were scattered throughout the penitential books of the early medieval church and later in more formal treatises when moral theology became recog nized as a distinct discipline. Still later, medical morality was incorpor ated into the many pastoral works on medicine. Finally, in the contemporary period, works that strictly focus on medical ethics are produced by Catholic moral theologians who have special interests in matters medical. Moreover, this long tradition of teaching has been put into practice in the medical moral directives governing the operation of hospitals under Catholic sponsorship. Catholic hospitals were monitored by Ethics Committees long before such committees were recommended by the New Jersey Court in the Karen Ann Quinlan case or by the President's Commission in 1983 ([8, 9]). Underlying the Catholic moral tradition was the use of the casuistic method, which since the 17th and 18th centuries was employed by Catholic moralists to study and resolve concrete clinical ethical dilem mas. The history of casuistry is of renewed interest today when the case method has become so widely used in the current revival of interest in medical ethics[ll].

Ecstatic Morality and Sexual Politics

Ecstatic Morality and Sexual Politics
Author: Graham James McAleer
Publisher: Fordham Univ Press
Total Pages: 255
Release: 2005
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 0823224562

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This first book-length treatment of Thomas AquinasÆs theory of the body presents a Catholic understanding of the body and its implications for social and political philosophy. Making a fundamental contribution to antitotalitarian theory, McAleer argues that a sexual politics reliant upon AquinasÆs theory of the body is better (because less violent) than other commonly available theories. He contrasts this theory with those of four other groups of thinkers: the continental tradition represented by Kant, Schopenhauer, Merleau-Ponty, Nancy, Levinas, and Deleuze; feminism, in the work of Donna Haraway; an alternative Catholic theory to be found in Karl Rahner; and the ôRadical Orthodoxyö of John Milbank.

Change in Official Catholic Moral Teachings

Change in Official Catholic Moral Teachings
Author: Charles E. Curran
Publisher: Paulist Press
Total Pages: 352
Release: 2003
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780809141340

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This volume brings together previously published studies presenting the spectrum of opinion on the change in official Catholic moral teachings.

Aquinas on Human Action

Aquinas on Human Action
Author: Ralph McInerny
Publisher: Catholic University of Amer Press
Total Pages: 244
Release: 1992
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 9780813207612

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A working of primary Thomistic texts, this volume presents the systematic and unified character of Aquinas' theory of moral agency as it relates to human action. Focusing especially on the Summa theologiae, Ralph McInerny argues that Aquinas' theory of moral action stands up to contemporary needs and remains adequate against contemporary criticism.

Interactional Morality

Interactional Morality
Author: Mark L. Poorman
Publisher: Georgetown University Press
Total Pages: 172
Release: 1993-06-01
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1589018591

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Poorman brings together ethics and pastoral practice in an interactional model that captures the distinctive character of Christian pastoral counseling. His work is especially important in a culture that often confuses pastoral counseling with therapy. It also challenges traditional notions which portray the pastoral minister as an instructor who dispenses the church's moral teaching. Poorman distinguishes the pastoral task from that of therapist or teacher, while drawing on the best resources of contemporary psychology and moral development theories. he brings moral theology into lively conversation with pastoral experience; at the same time, his clear presentation brings a critical method of moral discernment to Christian ministry which is rooted in faith and the wisdom of the community.

Deontology and Teleology

Deontology and Teleology
Author: Todd A. Salzman
Publisher: Peeters Publishers
Total Pages: 606
Release: 1995
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN:

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The consideration of normative ethics and methodology is a relatively recent phenomena in Catholic moral theology. Similar to any nascent discussion, having adopted terms and concepts from one conceptual genre, Britisch-analytic philosophy, into a radically other genre, Catholic moral theology, one then needs to begin the work of clarifying how, and to what extent, those terms and concepts contribute to the overall project of moral theology as a science. As Pope John Paul II's encyclical Veritatis Splendor attests, this incorporation has met with a great deal of resistance based on misunderstandings of the nature and purpose of normative ethics and methodology. Deontology and Teleology is a pioneer account which exposes and clarifies many of the terminological and conceptual ambiguities inherent to this discussion. It begins with an investigation of C.D. Broad's meta-ethical division of theories into deontology and teleology, and the epistemological/ontological foundations on which he established this division. An analysis of how and why Broad's theory has been incorporated into Catholic discussions on the foundation and formulation of norms along with the inherent difficulties of such an incorporation is then taken up. Finally, this study argues and substantiates through detailed historical analysis that a fundamental difference between traditionalists and revisionists in their relative perspectives on norms rest in the traditional understanding and moral evaluation of the human act, specifically, the objectum, circumstantiae and finis (fontes moralitates). This is an indispensable resource work for those interested in fundamental moral theology and lays the foundation for pursuing further the complex question of normative ethics in Catholic moral theology.

The Catholic Moral Tradition Today

The Catholic Moral Tradition Today
Author: Charles E. Curran
Publisher: Georgetown University Press
Total Pages: 274
Release: 1999-04-05
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9781589014275

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The Catholic tradition has always tried to explain its theology in a coherent and systematic way, but the great changes and tensions existing within Catholic moral theology today have made it difficult to develop systematic approaches to what was once called fundamental moral theology. Now a leading scholar active in this field for forty years offers a synthesis of Catholic moral theology set in the context of the broader Catholic tradition and the significant developments that have occurred since the Second Vatican Council. Charles E. Curran’s succinct, coherent account of his wide-ranging work in Catholic moral theology points out agreements, disagreements, and changes in significant aspects of the Catholic moral tradition. His systematic approach explores major topics in a logical development: the ecclesiological foundation and stance of moral theology; the person as moral subject and agent; virtues, principles and norms; conscience and decision making; and the role of the church as a teacher of morality. Curran’s work condenses and organizes a large amount of material to show that the Catholic theological tradition is in dialogue with contemporary life and thought while remaining conscious of its rich history. Of great interest to theologians for its broad synthetic scope, this book is also a thorough introduction to the Catholic moral tradition for students and interested readers, including non-Catholics.