T/RS 540
Sources of Christian Moral Thought (3 Credits)
An examination of the intellectual foundations of moral thought in
Western Christianity and their continued
effects and representations in contemporary ethics and theology.
Among sources examined will be Aristotle,
Augustine, Aquinas, Kant, Mill, Nietzsche, H.R. Niebuhr and other contemporary
theologians.
T/RS 541
The Development of Catholic Moral Theology (3 Credits)
A study of the history and development of Catholic moral theology beginning
with Aquinas through manualism
to the contemporary scene. It will include American moral thinking
such as proportionalism in relation to
Papal teaching and Protestant ethics. Readings will be drawn
from Aquinas, J.C. Murray, Leo XIII,
John Paul II, C. Curran and others.
T/RS 542
Readings in Moral Theology (3 Credits)
An exploration, based on a wide variety of reading from patristic,
medieval and contemporary sources,
of some typical themes of fundamental moral theology as well as analysis
of the actual place of virtue in
Catholic moral theology.
T/RS 543
Catholic Social Thought (3 Credits)
A study of the origins and principles of Catholic teachings on the
political and social order. Readings will
be drawn from Augustine, Thomas Aquinas, Thomas More, papal encyclicals
from Rerum Novarum
through Centesimus Annus, Vatical Council II, and selected contemporary
scholars writing on liberalism,
public morality, law and religion.
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