Catholic Ethics in Today's World

Jozef D. Zalot, PhD;Benedict Guevi...
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ISBN: 978-0-88489-959-4
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278 pages, paperbound
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Designed as a Starting Point for Reflection on the Ethical Challenges We Face in the Contemporary World


In Catholic Ethics in Today's World, Drs. Jozef Zalot and Rev. Benedict Guevin, OSB, address what they describe as "a sense of confusion" expressed by many about what the Catholic Church really teaches on a range of ethical topics, as well as why it teaches what it does. In an accessible and engaging presentation, the authors demonstrate how the Catholic Church approaches many of the social, sexual, and medical challenges that face today's world communities, and they discuss the moral principles the Church provides for the formation of our consciences with respect to these challenges.

In the text, the authors fully recognize the breadth of dialogue among moral theologians regarding the teachings of the Church and that there is disagreement among faithful Catholics about issues facing the world today. Upholding the value of critical dialogue among different parties, in this text Zalot and Guevin wish to "offer a baseline from which people can understand what the Catholic Church teaches on a particular topic, so that they will be able to critically evaluate the teaching on its own merits and in light of the critique of others."

Introduction
What Does the Catholic Church Really Teach?

Part I: Foundations
  1. The Foundations of Christian Morality
    What Is Morality?
    Moral Philosophy and Moral Theology
    Does Being a Christian Make a Difference?

  2. The Moral Act and Conscience
    The Moral Act
    Conscience
    The Mistaken Conscience

  3. Catholic Social Teaching: An Introduction
    Catholic Social Teaching: What Is It and Where Does It Come From?
    The Principles of Catholic Social Teaching
    The Strengths of Catholic Social Teaching

    4. Part II: Considering Ethics in Today's World

  4. Business Ethics and the American Corporation
    Business Ethics and Catholic Social Teaching
    Principles of Catholic Social Teaching for Business Ethics
    Catholic Social Teaching and Business Ethics: The Cases

  5. Global Economic Ethics: Debt and Structural Adjustment
    Foreign Debt
    Structural Adjustment
    Response from Catholic Social Teaching
    Recent Developments and Hope for the Future?
    Foreign Aid, Production and Trade, and AIDS

  6. The Death Penalty
    A Brief History of the Death Penalty in the United States
    The Supreme Court and the Death Penalty
    Arguments For and Against the Death Penalty
    Catholic Social Teaching and the Death Penalty

  7. Just War and the Presumption of Peace
    Biblical Understandings of Peace
    War and Peace in Catholic Social Teaching
    The Challenge of Peace
    The Harvest of Justice Is Sown in Peace

  8. Medical Ethics
    Principles Governing the Patient-Professional Relationship
    General Principles Regarding the Provision of Health Care
    Medical Issues at the Beginning of Life
    Medical Issues at the End of Life

  9. Sexual Ethics
    Persons Are Embodied and Therefore Sexual Beings
    Temperance
    Chastity
    Issues in Sexuality


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