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Showing 1 to 20 of 23 for “"moral theology"”.
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Aids in South Africa: Issues of Justice, and The Challenge of Moral Theology
This thesis explores the AIDS epidemic in Developing Countries, and examines some of the factors contributing to the problem. It approaches the epidemic from a justice perspective, and so the themes discussed concentrate on issues of injustice and exploitation. The argument is that at the root of …
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The significance of the body in ethical discourse: Julia Kristeva's contribution to moral theology.
… contribution to the significance of the body for moral theology. The thesis begins by identifying a polarization between, on the one hand, the temptation to completely transcend the body and, on the other, the temptation to excessively identify the human person with his or her body when addressing …
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The nature of temptation and its role in the development of moral virtue: an exploration in analytic moral theology
… temptation. This study aims to fill this gap in moral philosophy and theology by offering an analytic moral conception of temptation and explicating its connection to the development of virtue. This project deploys a new iteration of an older methodology of integrating philosophy and theology …
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An exploration of virtue ethics and its relational value: A comparative study in the Light of Romanus Cessario, James F. Keenan, and Joseph J. Kotva.
Current moral theology is witnessing a significant renewal and retrieval of virtue ethics. It is not however without challenges; including the critique that it is too selfcentred. The question this objection raises is whether the ethical framework proposed by virtue ethics has personal and communal …
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THE RESUSCITATION OF ST. THOMAS AQUINAS: CATHOLIC BIOETHICS AND ABORTION IN THE UNITED STATES
… revised in order to be more consistent with his moral theology.
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The Second Sin: A Study of the Vice of Envy in the Thought of St. Augustine
… has been written on many aspects of Augustine’s moral theology, his theology of envy remains virtually unexplored in scholarship. This is surprising for several reasons: first because of the frequency with which Augustine writes about envy; second because of the way he links envy intrinsically …
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The Wayfarer's Way and Two Texts for the Journey: The Summa Theologiae and Piers Plowman
… draws on the virtue ethics tradition in moral theology and moral philosophy for inquiries regarding the acquired and infused virtues, virtue's increase and remission, and virtue's relation to sacramental practice. I rely on two medieval texts to ask and answer these questions: the …
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Human Rights and Moral Reasoning: A comparative investigation by way of three theorists and their respective traditions of enquiry: John Finnis, Ronald Dworkin and Jürgen Habermas
… justification; each bound to a particular way of moral reasoning. A thorough consideration of rights in moral theology requires that such models be taken seriously. To this end, it presents a comparative investigation of three theorists, each representative of a different tradition of enquiry: …
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Revelatory Texts and Moral Lives: Reinterpreting the Specificity of Christian Morality Through a Ricoeurian Hermeneutic
… discussions about the specificity of Christian morality beyond the search for specifically Christian norms and principles to emphasise the importance of the biblical narrative in answering the ‘Who?’ of personal identity. It will also show how Ricoeur’s work is useful in determining how the …
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Natural Law, the Object of the Act, and Double Effect: Moral Methodology for Catholic Health Care Ethics
… document that systematically articulates a moral methodology for Catholic moral theology. This dissertation makes explicit the methodological connection between Vatican teaching and the United States Bishops’ <em>Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services</em>. The …
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Prudence and providence in Kant
… in Kant’s ethics, political philosophy, and moral theology. Kant famously breaks with the eudaimonistic tradition by rejecting the principle of happiness from his practical philosophy. Kant understands prudence as providing a means to happiness, thus rejects it from morality together with …
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The Right to Resist: A Theological Investigation of the Moral Legitimacy of Maximalist Campaigns
… presents a theological investigation into the moral legitimacy of maximalist resistance campaigns. It was prompted by the results of landmark research in political science finding that, over the course of the twentieth century, nonviolent campaigns were statistically more effective than their …
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The Relationship between a Theological Understanding of Marital Commitment and a Juridical Articulation of Marital Consent in Sacramental Marriages in the United States
… is considered an ecclesial science distinct from theology yet organically united to it in the church. Relying primarily on Ladislas Örsy's theory of the relationship between theology and canon law, I affirm that theology identifies, explains, and evaluates the values or goods of marriage through …
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The Theological Literacy, Beliefs, and Practices of Lay Administrators of Marianist-Sponsored Seconday Schools in the United States
… magisterial documents, liturgical prayer, moral theology, and other spiritual practices. Lay men and women may not have received an extensive formation in the Catholic faith prior to assuming a leadership position in a school, and may find themselves at a disadvantage as spiritual leaders …
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Conscience in Context A study of the nature of conscience relating to its historical development and existential environment
… encountered countless people who struggled with moral dilemmas or who felt crushed by guilt owing to the gap between their practice and their knowledge of what they were called to do. I have also met individuals who seemed to be unaware that, despite the gravity of the action, what they were …
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Natural law and religion in the thought of Samuel Pufendorf (1632-1694)
… a heretical separation of natural law from theology. Pufendorf responded to this accusation with a work on church-state relations and in De habitu religionis christianae ad vitam civilem, he reinforced his view concerning the role of the church as a necessary institution for the moral …
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Towards a feminist philosophy of fertility consciousness
… menstrual cycle with the Roman-Catholic Church's moral theology on sexuality and marriage principally to achieve or avoid pregnancy. NFP became a medical science in the 1930s with the development of the Rhythm Method, following the significant discovery by Ogino and Knaus that menstruation always …
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Understanding Human Sexuality in John Paul II’s Theology of the Body: An Analysis of the Historical Development of Doctrine in the Catholic Tradition
… Church. Chapter two is devoted to John Paul II’s Theology of the Body which is set up as the frame work upon which this project argues for what is perhaps the current magisterial position on the topic under discussion. In chapter three, a review is undertaken to explore questions about the natural …
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Homosexuality and the Formation of Conscience: An Examination of Traditional Catholic Anthropological, Theological, and Ethical Evaluations in Light of Contemporary Moral Markers
The question of homosexuality remains a daunting task to be addressed by the Church as well as theological ethicists. Lively, and often biased opinions have been presented in the last two centuries; however, use of traditional sources, such a Scripture, Natural Law, empirical data, and Tradition …
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Interpreting Material Cooperation as a Function of Moral Development to Guide Ministry Formation
… the traditional use of cooperation has been by moral theologians attempting to define the level of cooperation for a particular situation. This chosen definition, in turn, may help focus the range of appropriate actions in response to the situation's circumstances. In this customary usage, an …
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