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1 online resource (vi, 113 pages). |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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The Michael J. McGivney lectures of the John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family ; 1988
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Michael J. McGivney lectures of the John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family ; 1988.
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Moral Absolutes sets forth a vigorous but careful critique of much recent work in moral theology. It is illustrated with examples from the most controversial aspects of Christian moral doctrine, and a frank account is given of the roots of the upheaval in Roman Catholic moral theology in and after the 1960s. |
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| Contents |
""Contents ""; ""Foreword ""; ""I. Foundations ""; ""1. Exceptionless moral norms: few but strategic""; ""2. Witnessed to by faith""; ""3. Part of the theology of human fulfillment""; ""4. Rejected when human replaces divine providence""; ""5. No narrowing of horizons""; ""6. Choice, reflexivity, and proportionalism""; ""7. Protecting changeless aspects of human fulfillment""; ""8. Negative norms but positive and revelatory""; ""9. Rejection: some motivations and implications""; ""II. Clarifications""; ""1. Intrinsece mala: acts always wrong, but not by definition "" |
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""2. Specified neither evaluatively nor physically / behaviorally""""3. Opposed to reason and integral human fulfillment""; ""4. Worse than suffering wrong""; ""5. Proportionalist justifications: incoherent with rationally motivated free choice""; ""6. The central case: intentional harm, always unreasonable""; ""7. Deadly defense and death penalty: not necessarily proportionalist""; ""III. Christian Witness""; ""1. Free choice: a morally decisive reality ""; ""2. Evil: not to be chosen that good may come ""; ""3. Actions: morally specified by their objects (intentions)"" |
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""4. Intending human harm: never acceptable for God or man""""5. Counterexamples""; ""6. Responsibility for side effects: other principles and norms""; ""IV. Challenge and Response""; ""1. Contraception and the general denial of absolutes""; ""2. Historical and ecclesiological skirmishes""; ""3. The main action: in philosophical theology""; ""4. Prudence misconceived: the absolutes aesthetically dissolved""; ""5. A summary conclusion""; ""Index"" |
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eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Catholic Church -- Doctrines.
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Catholic Church. |
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Église catholique -- Doctrines. |
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Christian ethics -- Catholic authors.
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Christian ethics -- Catholic authors. |
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Ethical relativism.
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Ethical relativism. |
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Electronic books.
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Print version: Finnis, John. Moral absolutes. Washington, D.C. : Catholic University of America Press, ©1991 0813207444 (DLC) 90026434 (OCoLC)22891755 |
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9780813220475 (electronic book) |
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0813220475 (electronic book) |
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0813207444 |
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9780813207445 |
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0813207452 |
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9780813207452 |
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