Conscience in moral decisions making WT-DTE-WCM
The course is devoted into careful examination of the Christian conscience in the field of moral theology. Therefore, conscience will be elaborated from the ethical perspective as a basic factor of our decision making.
Firstly, we will take a closer look at the historical development of concept of conscience, starting with the Bible and then examining major Christian thinkers (Thomas Aquinas, John Henry Newman) and theological trends (Probalisim, etc.).
Secondly, we contemporary moral theological views will be examined. We will analyze present Church teaching (Veritatis Splendor, Dignitatis Humanae) and nowadays’ theologians (like Joseph Ratzinger, Linda Hogan, Timothy O’Connell, etc.)
Lastly, we will discuss numerous study cases dealing with the practical problems of conscience, for instance in business or medical ethics.
Poziom przedmiotu
Symbol/Symbole kierunkowe efektów uczenia się
Kryteria oceniania
Main course requirement is students’ participation in the course – attendance, presentations, group work and engagement in the class discussions. Minor assignments might occur and some brief papers.
Literatura
Aquinas, Thomas: S. Th. I-II, q. 19, a. 5-6.
Davies, Henry: Moral and Pastoral Theology, vol. 1, 82-94.
Dignitatis Humanae.
Gaudium et Spes, no. 16.
Hogan, Linda: Confronting the truth: Conscience in the Catholic Tradition. (London 2000), selected pages.
Newman, John Henry: A Letter to the Duke of Norfolk (1875), selected pages.
O’Connell, Timothy: An Understanding of Conscience, in: Conscience, Readings in Moral Theology 14, (2004), 25-38.
Ratzinger, Joseph, Conscience and Truth (Dallas 1991).
John Paul II: Veritatis Splendor, no. 54-64.
Webster, John: Conscience, in: Encyclopedia of Christian Theology.
Williams C.: Conscience, in: New Catholic Encyclopedia, (Washington D.C., 2003) 139-147.
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