Moral Theology         
 

• Morality as a human reality
• What we mean by “morality” and “ethics”
• Morality as a universal human experience
• The autonomy of morality

 

• The Development of Christian Morality
• Morality and God
• Moral teaching of the Old Testament
• Moral teaching of the New Testament. Jesus Christ as the
• Moral norm par excellence
• Historical evolution of catholic Christian morality

 

• The Natural Moral Law
• Nature of morality and its ultimate end
• The Moral Law
• Moral Conscience
• The realisation of the moral value in human acts
• From human nature to human person

 

• Situating Christian Morality within context of shared human experience
• Is there such a thing as a specific Catholic Christian Ethic?
• Problems about dependence on the bible
• Catholic Christian Discernment
• The role of the Magisterium
• Consequences for moral dialogue with the whole human community

 

• From right and wrong to character and virtue
• The Fundamental Option, character and virtue
• Sin (personal, social, institutional), conversion & growing in goodness
• Spirituality (prayer, liturgy) and the moral life