Virtues and Vices

Catalog description

An examination of the development of Christian and specifically Catholic ethics since the conclusion of the Second Vatican Council in 1965. Themes addressed include: the acquisition of knowledge, making meaning, the role of language, communal memory, and the influence of technology in relation to the vocation of the human person in addition to an investigation of distinct theories regarding the formation of moral judgments and responsibility, the cultivation of virtue, Catholic social teaching, and bioethics. Attention given to theology’s approach to a range of issues treated differently by other disciplines.