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Introduction to the Second Edition
Key to Abbreviations of Biblical Books
CHAPTER ONE Moral Theology: Its Nature, Purpose, and Biblical Foundation
The Moral Life — An Introductory Description
The Nature, Purpose, and Renewal of Moral Theology
1. Who We Are and Who We Are Meant to Be in the Light of Faith
2. Theology and Moral Theology
3. The Function and Purpose of Moral Theology
4. The Renewal of Moral Theology
Moral Theology and Holy Scripture
CHAPTER TWO Human Dignity, Free Human Action, Virtue, and Conscience
1. Three Kinds of Human Dignity
3. The Significance of Human Action and the Meaning of Character
B. St. Thomas Aquinas on Virtue
C. Virtue-based Ethics and Principles-based Ethics
5. Conscience and Our Moral Life
CHAPTER THREE The Natural Law and Moral Life
Natural Law in St. Thomas Aquinas
1. The Basic Understanding of Law in the Summa Theologiae
3. Natural Law: Its Central Meaning and Character
Excursus 1: St. Thomas and Ulpian’s Definition of Natural Law
Excursus 2: St. Thomas’s Teaching on Natural Law in the Summa Contra Gentes
Natural Law, Vatican Council II, and Pope John Paul II
1. Natural Law and Vatican Council II
2. Natural Law in the Teaching of Pope John Paul II
Natural Law in the Thought of Germain Grisez, John Finnis, and Joseph Boyle
1. The First Principle of Practical Reasoning and Its General Specifications
2. The First Principle of Morality and the Ideal of ‘Integral Human Fulfillment’
3. The Specifications of the First Principle of Morality: The Modes of Responsibility
4. From Modes of Responsibility to Specific Moral Norms
5. Moral Priorities, Religion, and God
6. A Summary of the Natural Law Teaching of Grisez, Finnis, and Boyle
7. An Assessment of the Thought of Grisez, Finnis, and Boyle on Natural Law
Natural Law in the Thought of Martin Rhonheimer
1. Areas of Agreement Between Rhonheimer and Grisez, Finnis, and Boyle
2. Areas of Disagreement Between Rhonheimer and Grisez, Finnis, and Boyle
A. Two Levels of Practical Reason: The Perceptive-Practical and the Descriptive-Reflexive
B. The Relationship Between Natural Law and Virtue
C. The Movement From the First or Common Principles of Natural Law to the ‘Proximate’ or ‘Immediate’ Conclusions
Conclusion
Notes for Chapter Three
Introduction
1. The Revisionist Rejection of Moral Absolutes
A. Clarifying the Terminology
B. Arguments to Support the Revisionists’ Denial of Moral Absolutes
I. The ‘Preference’ Principle or Principle of ‘Proportionate Good’
II. The Nature of a Human Act as a Totality
III. The Historicity of Human Existence
2. A Critique of Revisionist Denial of Moral Absolutes
I. The ‘Preference’ Principle or Principle of ‘Proportionate Good’
II. The Nature of a Human Act as a Whole or Totality
III. The Historicity of Human Existence and Moral Absolutes
3. A Defense of the Truth of Moral Absolutes
Notes for Chapter Four
APPENDIX I TO CHAPTER FOUR St. Thomas and Moral Absolutes
Notes for Appendix I to Chapter Four
APPENDIX II TO CHAPTER FOUR Pope John Paul II and Moral Absolutes
1. The Moral Specification of Human Acts
2. The Criteria for Assessing the Moral Goodness or Badness of Human Acts
3. Moral Absolutes Protect the Inviolable Dignity of Human Persons and Point the Way Toward Fulfillment in Christ
4. The Incoherence of Ethical Theories Denying the Existence of Intrinsically Evil Acts and Absolute Moral Norms
5. The Infallibility of the Teaching Found in Veritatis Splendor
CHAPTER FIVE Sin and the Moral Life
1. The Core Meaning of Sin
A. The Biblical Understanding of Sin
B. The Understanding of Sin in the Catholic Theological Tradition
2. The Distinction Between Mortal and Venial Sin
A. Biblical and Magisterial Sources for This Distinction
B. The Classical Theological Understanding of This Distinction
C. Fundamental Option Theories and the Distinction Between Mortal and Venial Sin
D. Fundamental Commitments, the Christian Way of Life, and Mortal Sin
3. The Role of Sin in Our Moral Lives: The Way of Sin to Death
Notes for Chapter Five
CHAPTER SIX Christian Faith and Our Moral Life
1. The Existential Context of Our Moral Life
2. Jesus, the Foundation of the Christian Moral Life
3. Our Baptismal Commitment and Personal Vocation
4. Christian Love, the Principle of Our Life in Christ
5. The Beatitudes, Specifying the Requirements of Christian Love
6. The Question of Specific Christian Moral Norms
7. The Practicality of the Christian Moral Life
Conclusion
Notes for Chapter Six
CHAPTER SEVEN The Church as Moral Teacher
1. Teaching and Pastoral Authority Within the Church
2. Specific Moral Norms Infallibly Taught by the Magisterium
3. What Response Should Be Given to Moral Teachings of the Magisterium Proposed Authoritatively But Not Infallibly?
Notes for Chapter Seven
CHAPTER EIGHT Christian Moral Life and John Paul II’s Encyclical Veritatis Splendor
Detailed Exposition of Pope John Paul II’s Teaching
The Introduction and an Overview of the Document
Chapter One: Christ and the Answer to the Question About Morality
A. Principal Ideas Set Forth in Chapter One
I. The Religious and Existential Significance of the Young Man’s Question
II. The Sovereignty of God Over the Moral Order
III. The Essential Link Between Obedience to the Commandments and Eternal Life
IV. The ‘Fulfillment’ of the Law in Jesus; the Universal Call to Perfection
V. Moral Life, the Unity of the Church, and Revelation
VI. The More-than-human Authority of the Magisterium on Moral Questions
B. Dionigi Tettamanzi’s Analysis of Chapter One
I. The Christocentric Meaning of Our Moral Life
II. The Ecclesial Dimension of Christian Moral Life
Chapter Two: The Church and the Discernment of Certain Tendencies in Present-day Moral Theology
Introduction
I. Freedom and the Law
II. Conscience and the Truth
III. Fundamental Choice and Specific Kinds of Behavior
IV. The Moral Act
Chapter Three: Moral Good for the Life of the Church and of the World
Introduction
I. The Relationship Between Human Freedom and the Truth
II. The Intimate and Inseparable Unity of Faith and Morality
III. The Relationship Between Respect for Personal Dignity and Refusal to Engage in Intrinsically Evil Acts
IV. The Absolute Need for God’s Grace to Live a Morally Upright Life
V. The Service of Moral Theologians
VI. The Responsibility of Bishops
Reactions to the Encyclical
The Selling-Jans Book: The Splendor of Accuracy
Richard McCormick’s ‘Some Early Reactions to Veritatis Splendor’ and Martin Rhonheimer’s Critique of McCormick
J. A. DiNoia’s ‘Veritatis Splendor: Moral Life as Transfigured Life’
Conclusion
Notes for Chapter Eight
APPENDIX Christian Moral Life and the Catechism of the Catholic Church
1. A Synopsis of the Catechism’s Teaching on the Christian Moral Life
2. Essential Meaning of Christian Morality According to the Catechism
A. The Moral Life as an Endeavor on the Part of Human Persons to Become Fully the Beings God Wills Them to Be
B. Our Absolute Dependence Upon God to Enable Us to Become Fully the Beings He Wills Us to Be
C. The God-given Authority of the Church as Mother and Teacher
D. What We Must Do in Order to Become Fully the Beings God Wills Us to Be
Notes for Appendix
