Catholic Moral Theology in the United States: A HistoryGeorgetown University Press, 11/04/2008 - 368 من الصفحات In this magisterial volume Charles E. Curran surveys the historical development of Catholic moral theology in the United States from its 19th century roots to the present day. He begins by tracing the development of pre-Vatican II moral theology that, with the exception of social ethics, had the limited purpose of training future confessors to know what actions are sinful and the degree of sinfulness. Curran then explores and illuminates the post-Vatican II era with chapters on the effect of the Council on the scope and substance of moral theology, the impact of Humanae vitae, Pope Paul VI's encyclical condemning artificial contraception, fundamental moral theology, sexuality and marriage, bioethics, and social ethics. Curran's perspective is unique: For nearly 50 years, he has been a major influence on the development of the field and has witnessed first-hand the dramatic increase in the number and diversity of moral theologians in the academy and the Church. No one is more qualified to write this first and only comprehensive history of Catholic moral theology in the United States. |
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... norm of human actions. The formal norm ultimately gives final meaning to the act. Con- science should follow the dictates of the law, but the goodness of human action becomes known to us through its approbation by conscience. Such an ...
... norm of morality and law as the remote norm . In his preface he mentioned only two sources for his work : St. Thomas , of the older school , and Alphonsus , of more recent times.44 He later elaborated on both of these sources in greater ...
... norms derived from scripture ( note again the heavy emphasis on a legal model where morality is seen in terms of norms ) do not and cannot change , but they must be applied to the changed conditions of time and place . For his students ...
... norm of morality and conscience is the proximate norm of morality. Conscience must conform it- self to law. In accord with this approach, Sabetti defines sin as the free transgres- sion of a law obliging in conscience.72 Sabetti then ...
... norms that are applicable in this matter. Finally he applies the principles to particular cases. His discussion of divination with regard to the first commandment demonstrates this approach. Divination is the attempt to learn the occult ...