An Introduction to Catholic Ethics since Vatican II
-
Select format
-
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
- Publication date:
- 05 May 2015
- 02 April 2015
- ISBN:
- 9781316026908
- 9781107084650
- 9781107446564
- Dimensions:
- (228 x 152 mm)
- Weight & Pages:
- 0.46kg, 236 Pages
- Dimensions:
- (228 x 152 mm)
- Weight & Pages:
- 0.35kg, 240 Pages
- Subjects:
- Religious Ethics, Ethics, Religion, Philosophy, Religion: General Interest
- Series:
- Introduction to Religion
You may already have access via personal or institutional login- Subjects:
- Religious Ethics, Ethics, Religion, Philosophy, Religion: General Interest
- Series:
- Introduction to Religion
Show more authors 
You may already have access via personal or institutional login
Book description
This introduction provides a comprehensive overview of the development of Catholic ethics in the wake of the Second Vatican Council (1962–5), an event widely considered crucial to the reconciliation of the Catholic Church and the modern world. Andrew Kim investigates Catholic responses to questions of moral theology in all four principal areas: Catholic social teaching, natural law, virtue ethics, and bioethics. In addition to discussing contemporary controversies surrounding abortion, contraception, labor rights, exploitation of the poor, and just war theory, he explores the historical sources of the Catholic worldview. Beginning with the moral vision revealed through the person of Jesus Christ and continuing with elaborations on this vision from figures such as Augustine and Aquinas, this volume elucidates the continuity of the Catholic moral tradition. Its balance of complexity and accessibility makes it an ideal resource for both students of theology and general readers.
Reviews
'In this book he presents an engaging and lucid exposition of the central themes in Catholic ethics: natural law, virtue, Catholic social teaching and bioethics. There are fine sections on the acquisition of the virtues and their unity in the Christian moral life, and on the dignity of the human person … He systematically and effectively demolishes various types of moral relativism, demonstrating how Christian theology transcends the culture wars and the current polarisation of left and right that are apparently spreading from the United States to the whole of western society.'
Edward Dowler Source: Studies in Christian Ethics
Contents
Contents
Metrics
Altmetric attention score
Full text views
Full text views helpTotal number of HTML views: 0
Total number of PDF views: 0 *
Loading metrics...
* Views captured on Cambridge Core between #date#. This data will be updated every 24 hours.
Usage data cannot currently be displayed.
Accessibility standard: Unknown
Why this information is here
This section outlines the accessibility features of this content - including support for screen readers, full keyboard navigation and high-contrast display options. This may not be relevant for you.
Accessibility Information
Accessibility compliance for the PDF of this book is currently unknown and may be updated in the future.