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Christian Ethics:
How Should We Live? |
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Sessions
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What makes an act
right or wrong, good or bad? Is moral "rightness" and "wrongness" built
into the fabric of reality in the same way as are mathematical truths?
Is God good because God desires this built-in moral goodness? Or is what
is "right" by definition whatever God wills or desires?
Since the universe is the manifestation of God's creative will, can we
discover God's desire for us by studying ourselves and the creation
around us ("natural law")?
Can an act's "rightness" or "wrongness" ever be
determined by the consequences it leads to?
We studies these and other issues in general ethics from
May 1, 2005 to Aug 14, 2005, and also began to tackle some problems in
applied ethics.
We be continuing the applied Christian Ethics series on
an occasional basis, with additional sessions covering the following
topics: Biomedical Ethics: Life and Death, Christian Ethics and
Ethnicity, Christian Ethics and the Status of Women, Citizenship in a
Democracy, Punishment for Crime, Work, Property, and Community, Ecology
and Moral Responsibility.
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Sessions
10 to 10:50
am, in the Parlor (May 2005)
9 to 9:50, in
the Parlor (Jun, Jul, Aug 2005)
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Downloads* |
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PDF
Format |
PowerPoint |
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Introduction |
| May 1, 2005:
Introduction: the Moral Quest |
Presentation (477 KB) |
Presentation (466 KB) |
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The Ethics of Virtue
(these session titles are based on chapter titles from our reference:
Basic Moral Philosophy, Third Edition, Robert L.
Holmes. Thomson Wadsworth, 2003. ISBN 0-534-58477-2) |
| May 8, 2005:
The Greek Ethical Tradition |
Presentation (486 KB) |
Presentation (499 KB) |
| May 22, 2005:
Virtue and Happiness |
Presentation (334 KB) |
Presentation (300 KB) |
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The Ethics of Conduct
(these session titles are based on chapter titles from our reference:
Basic Moral Philosophy, Third Edition, Robert L.
Holmes. Thomson Wadsworth, 2003. ISBN 0-534-58477-2) |
| Jun 5, 2005:
The Divine Command Theory |
Presentation (491 KB) |
Presentation (592 KB) |
| Jun 12, 2005:
Natural Law Ethics |
Presentation (575 KB) |
Presentation (604 KB) |
| Jun 19, 2005:
Kant's Theory of Ethics |
Presentation (504 KB) |
Presentation (473 KB) |
| Jul 10, 2005:
Ethics Based on Consequences |
Presentation (431 KB) |
Presentation (424 KB) |
| Jul 17, 2005: Ethics Grounded in Agapeic Love |
Presentation (526 KB) |
Presentation (665 KB) |
| Jul 24, 2005:
Justice |
Presentation (374 KB) |
Presentation (372 KB) |
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Applied Ethics
(these session titles are based on chapter titles from our reference:
An Introduction to Christian Ethics (4th Edition), Roger H. Crook.
Prentice Hall, 2001. ISBN: 0-130-34149-5 |
| July 31, 2005: War and the Quest for
Peace |
Presentation (484 KB) |
Presentation (539 KB) |
| Aug 14, 2005: Human Sexuality and
Marriage |
Presentation (507 KB) |
Presentation (498 KB) |
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Biomedical Ethics:
Life and Death |
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Christian Ethics and
Ethnicity |
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Christian Ethics and
the Status of Women |
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Citizenship in a
Democracy |
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Punishment for Crime |
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Work, Property, and
Community |
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Ecology and Moral
Responsibility |
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*To
download a presentation or handout, click and hold
(Macintosh) on the
link in the bright blue box under
the desired format, or right-click (Windows)
the link and choose "Save Target As" or "Save Link
as." Information on the format of
the downloadable files can be
found here
Presentations are by
David Monyak. Any errors, awkward phrasings,
poorly expressed ideas, problems in documentation, and / or opinions are
solely his responsibility.
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References
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References
An Introduction to Christian Ethics (4th Edition),
Roger H. Crook. Prentice Hall, 2001.
ISBN: 0-130-34149-5
Basic Moral Philosophy, Third Edition, Robert L.
Holmes. Thomson Wadsworth, 2003. ISBN 0-534-58477-2
Christian
Ethics. An Introduction. Edited by Bernard Hoose.
Liturgical Press, 1998. ISBN 0-8146-5929-2
Ethics: A Contemporary Introduction (Routledge
Contemporary Introductions to Philosophy), Harry J. Gensler, Routledge,
1998. ISBN: 0-415-15625-4
Ethics: Theory and Practice, Eighth Edition, Jacques P. Thiroux. Prentice Hall; 2003. ISBN:
0-131-83002-3
How Should We Live? An Introduction to Ethics, Louis
P. Pojman, Wadsworth Publishing, 2004.
ISBN: 0-534-55657-4
Introduction to Moral Theology, Romanus Cessario. Catholic University of America Press, 2001. ISBN: 0-813-21070-4
The Catholic Moral Tradition Today: A Synthesis (Moral
Traditions and Moral Arguments Series), Charles E. Curran.
Georgetown University Press, 1999. ISBN: 0-878-40717-0
The Moral Quest: Foundations of Christian Ethics, Stanley J. Grenz. InterVarsity Press, 2000. ISBN:
0-830-81568-6
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