FALL 2010*
| Date | Subject | Readings |
Catechism/Documents Presentations |
Optional
Reading |
| Part I-Introduction and Scriptural Sources | ||||
| 8/23 | Introduction: Definition of Christian Ethics | Koch-Preuss (KP) 1-40 or Pinckaers, Sources of Christian Ethics (SCE) Ch 2-4 or Feingold, Moral Theology, 1-30 |
CCC 1697, 1700, 1716, 1718,1719,1722,1803,1724, 1849 | |
| 8/25 | Overview of Catholic Moral Doctrine: The Contemporary Context | KP 41-75 | Overview of Moral Theology | A Course in Thomistic Ethics (CTE) 1-15 |
| 8/30 | Morality in St Paul | SCE 104-133 | CCC 2031-2051; 1987-2029 | Morality, The Catholic View (CV), pp. 1-17. |
| 9/1 | Morality in St. Paul | Rom 1-2, 6; 1 Cor 1-2, 5-7; 2 Cor 5:17; Eph 4:22-24; Gal 2,5; KP 42-50; VS #19-21 | St. Paul's Moral Teaching | |
| 9/8 | The Sermon on the Mount and The Church's Morality; The Patristic Period | Matthew (5-7): The Sermon on the Mount; SCE 134-167; Augustine, The Lord's Sermon on the Mount, 125-127; SCE 195-215; optional, Feingold, Ch. 1. | CCC 1716-1729; Beatitudes and Gospel Morality | CHURCH FATHERS: On the Sermon on the Mount (Augustine) Read as much of it as possible. CV 18-24. |
| 9/13 | Sermon on the Mount | same as above | ||
| 9/15 | Faith, Happiness, and Salvation--Is it a moral path?Veritatis Splendor | Matthew 19:16-26; Veritatis splendor (VS), Intro and Chapter 1 | CCC 1716-1730; see 1500ff, 1762-177 Veritatis Splendor Ch. 1 |
Happiness and Morality: Philosophical and Theological Currents, CTE 17-30;KP 17-22 |
| 9/20 | Exam on St. Paul and St. Augustine | |||
| 9/22 | St. Thomas Aquinas and Man's End; Freedom and Voluntariness; | ST I-II, Qq. 1-5.; SCE 168-190 SCE 195-215 | CCC 1699-1715;1762-1770;1762-1775; 1803-1811; 1949-1983; | |
| 9/27 | Human Act and Will; Choice | KP 79-112 |
St. Thomas on the Human Act CCC 1749-1756 |
CTE 73-90 (Object) |
| 9/30 |
Habitus, Virtue, Freedom |
SCE 216-239;
KP 275-283 Faith, hope and charity |
Passions; Passions Outline; CCC 1762-1775; 1803-1841; Prudence outline |
CTE 33-48; CTE 48-63; CV 25-31; |
| 10/4 | St. Thomas's Treatise on Law |
KP 122-180; Feingold, 195-230 |
CCC 1949-1986 The Treatise on Law |
CTE143-169; CV 82-95; |
| 10/6 |
Continued |
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| 10/11 & 13 | The Nominalist Revolution; Freedom, Act and Truth | SCE 240-280; SCE 327-335 | VS 23-27;
CCC
1730-1748; VS 28-34; Nominalism, Voluntarism, and Universals Freedom and Law after Nominalism |
CTE 82-89; CV 32-41 |
| 10/20 | Indeterminate Freedom v. Freedom for Excellence | SCE 335-353; SCE 354-378; | VS 35-45;Freedom Under Nominalism | CV 65-81 |
| 10/25, 27 | Freedom according to St. Thomas | SCE 379-399 | Review
CCC 1949-1986;
(Presentation) |
CTE 240- 262; CV 96-110 |
| 11/3 | Natural Law and the Body; Natural Inclinations |
SCE 400-437 |
Natural Inclinations VS 46-53 |
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| 11/8, 15 | Conscience | KP 183-235 |
CCC 1776-1802; VS 54-64 Conscience and Freedom |
Conscience and Natural Law; CTE 64-72 |
| 11/17 | Sin; Mortal and Venial | Vol. II KP 1-97 | CCC 1846-1876 | CTE 195-206; |
| 11/22 | Continued | Mortal Sin and Fundamental Choice | ||
| 11/29 | Fundamental Choice | Take Home/Study Guide Due | VS 66-70; | CTE 228-239 |
| 12/1 | The Moral Act and Intrinsic Evil | CCC 1755-1756; VS 71-83 Intrinsic Evil |
What is an Intrinsically Evil Action? | |
| 12/6 | Final Exam | |||
*Subject to revision