FALL 2007*
| Date | Subject | Required Reading | Docs/Catechism | Assignment, etc. |
| Part I-Introduction and Scriptural Sources | ||||
| 8/27 | Introduction: Definition of Christian Ethics | CTE (A Course in Thomistic Ethics) 1-15; SCE (Sources of Christian Ethics) 1-13 | CCC 1697, 1700, 1716, 1718,1719,1722,1803,1724, 1849 | Prepare for Discussion of St. Paul and St. Augustine |
| 8/29 | Overview of Catholic Moral Doctrine | SCE 104-167 | Overview of Moral Theology | " |
| 9/3 | Labor Day | No Class | ||
| 9/5 | Morality in St. Paul; Justification, Sin, and Conversion | SCE 104-133; VS #19-21 | CCC 2031-2051; 1987-2029 | |
| 9/10 | The Sermon on the Mount and The Church's Morality; The Patristic Period | SCE 134-167; Rec., Augustine, The Lord's Sermon on the Mount, 125-127 (Optional: SCE 195-215) | CCC 1716-1729 | Beatitudes and Gospel Morality |
| 9/12 | Sermon on the Mount | |||
| 9/17 | Faith, Happiness, and Salvation--Is it a moral path? | Matthew 19:16-26; Veritatis splendor (VS), Intro and Chapter 1 | CCC 1716-1730; see 1500ff, 1762-1775; (Optional: Happiness and Morality: Philosophical and Theological Currents, CTE 17-30.) | |
| 9/19 | Veritatis Splendor | |||
| 9/24 | St. Thomas Aquinas, Aristotle and the Gospel | SCE 168-190 | CCC 1949-1983; Jone's book is informatve, Part II, The Law | SCE 195-215 |
| 9/26 | St. Thomas's Moral Teaching | SCE 216-239 | CCC 1762-1770;1762-1775; 1803-1811 | |
| 10/1 |
Exam |
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| Introduction to the Morality of the Human Act | ||||
| 10/3 | Thomistic analysis of the Human Act; Acting towards the telos; Parts of the Act; Voluntariness | CTE 33-48 | CCC 1749-1756 | CTE 73-90 (Object) |
| 10/8 |
Human Act and Will; Choice |
CTE 48-63 | ||
| 10/10 | The Nominalist Revolution | SCE 240-280 | VS 23-27 |
Nominalism and Universals |
| 10/15 | Habitus, Virtue, Freedom | CTE143-169; Jone, The Virtues 112-116 | CCC 1762-1775; 1803-1841 |
Passions; Passions Outline |
| 10/17 |
Freedom and Act |
Jone: Book 1, art. 4-42 on
Human Acts; CTE 82-89; |
CCC 1735-1738 | |
| 10/22 | Quarter Break | no class | ||
| 10/24 | Do Not Be Conformed to This World (Rom. 12:2) Freedom and Truth | SCE 327-335 | CCC 1730-1748; VS 28-34 | |
| 10/29 | Indeterminate Freedom | SCE 335-353 | VS 35-41 | |
| 10/31 | Freedom for Excellence | SCE 354-378 | VS 42-45 | |
| 11/5 | Freedom acc. Thomas | SCE 379-399 | ||
| 11/7 | Faculty Meeting | No Class | ||
| 11/12 | Exam | |||
| 11/14 | Freedom, Natural Law and the Body | SCE 400-437 | Review CCC 1949-1986; VS 46-53 | CTE 240- 262 |
| 11/20 | Natural Inclinations | " | ||
| 11/26 | Conscience | Jone par. 85-95 | CCC 1776-1802 | |
| 11/28 | Conscience | CTE 64-72 | VS 54-64 | Conscience and Natural Law |
| 12/3 | Sin; Mortal and Venial | CTE 195-206; Jone 96-111 | CCC 1846-1876 | |
| 12/5 | Fundamental Choice | CTE 228-239 | VS 66-70 | |
| 12/10 | The Moral Act and Intrinsic Evil | CCC 1755-1756; VS 71-83 | What is an Intrinsically Evil Action? | |
| 12/12 | Final Exam | |||
| The Virtues; The Virtue of Faith, Hope and Love | BB Docs: Virtues and the Virtue of Faith, Hope
and Charity CTE 143-170 |
101-133; 142-184;1803-1832; 1812-1816; 2030-2052; 2086-2089;1817-1821,2090-2092,1716,1729, 1765, 2658, 1822-1829, 2196,2055,2069, 2443-2449 | ||
*Subject to revision