The Way of the Lord Jesus, Vol. 3: Difficult Moral Questions
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Rating | : | 4.71 (774 Votes) |
Asin | : | 0819909815 |
Format Type | : | paperback |
Number of Pages | : | 927 Pages |
Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
Language | : | English |
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"Hard-Nosed Introduction to Practical Catholic Ethics" according to Bruce Frier. I should stress, at the outset, that I am not a Catholic and that I find many of the arguments in this volume mistaken. Nonetheless, the book is absolutely invaluable in thinking about everyday morality, in that it presents, in clear and easily comprehensible form and . Jean-Francois Virey said Grisez's thomistic ethics applied to real-life situations. *Difficult Moral Questions* is the third volume of Germain Grisez's trilogy, *The Way of the Lord Jesus*. It is, if you want, a kind of field-test for Grisez's thomistic ethics, as he tries to answer two hundred real-life moral questions "not yet the subject of explici
Like the other volumes in the series entitled The Way of the Lord Jesus, this one is intended primarily for use as a seminary text or instructional resource. Most of them are more difficult than it initially might seem. Public opinion polls and the opinions of supposed experts are never treated as morally authoritative. from the University of Chicago. Legalistic minimalism and impracticable idealism are avoided. The reader must be prepared to be challenged. The focus is always on trying to help a questioner form his or her own conscience and make good choices. from the Dominican College of St. About the Author: Germain Grisez, PhD, is the Harry J. Legitimate alternative ways of dealing with problems are often suggested. Flynn Professor of Christian Ethics (1978 - ) at Mount Saint Mary's College, Emmitsburg, Maryland. But unlike the earlier volumes, which mainly present common Catholic teaching and reflect on it theologically, this volume deals with questions not yet the subject of explicit of clearly applicable Church teachings. Conscientious lay people facing challenging moral ques