Catholic Ethics in Today's World, Revised Edition

Jozef D. Zalot; OSB Benedict Guevin

ISBN 10: 1599821028 / ISBN 13: 9781599821023

Verlag: Anselm Academic, 2011

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Authors Jozef Zalot and Benedict Guevin, OSB, offer a pragmatic and insightful presentation on the compelling and sometimes misunderstood teachings of the Catholic Church on contemporary ethical issues.In their revised edition of Catholic Ethics in Today's World, the authors further clarify their discussion on the Church's stance on ethics, explicating Church teachings and expounding on the reasons behind those teachings. The authors also illuminate reasons for this confusion about what the Church teaches regarding challenging ethical dilemmas, among them the Church's deficiency in clearly articulating official Church teachings for a lay audience, the media's misinterpretation of those teachings, and the lack of ethics training for some educators.
To further clarify the Church's teaching on ethics, in this revised edition the authors add material that addresses recent developments, most notably the thought-provoking ethical dilemmas centered on the nation's recent recession, international debt relief, the continued fighting in Afghanistan, premarital sex and cohabitation, beginning of life issues, including federal funding for embryonic stem cell research, and end of life issues, including discussions on euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide. The authors' intent is to explain Catholic teachings so that a clear ethics of morality can arise.

Von der hinteren Coverseite: Ethical dilemmas may puzzle, challenge, and confuse--making the search for answers to such dilemmas all the more compelling. Building on their well-respected book, Catholic Ethics in Today's World, authors Jozef D. Zalot and Benedict Guevin, OSB, seek to clarify Church teaching on contentious ethical issues by offering a detailed examination of those teachings and the reasons behind them. Several factors underlie general misunderstanding and confusion over Catholic teaching on ethics, argue the authors. Among these, the Church itself hasn't clearly articulated its teachings on ethics to a lay audience, the media often misinterprets the Church's statements, and those responsible for teaching ethics may neglect or lack sufficient training to fulfill that role.



This revised edition of Catholic Ethics in Today's World has been rewritten for clarity and to reflect recent developments. Zalot and Guevin update and expand their discussion on the Church's teaching on ethics by offering thought-provoking discussion opportunities centered on such issues as the nation's recent recession, corporate fraud, the war in Afghanistan, premarital relations and birth control, reproductive technology, embryonic stem cell research, and care for the dying. The authors' intent is to explain Catholic teaching so that a clear and well-informed ethics of morality can arise.

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Titel: Catholic Ethics in Today's World, Revised ...
Verlag: Anselm Academic
Erscheinungsdatum: 2011
Einband: Paperback
Zustand: Fair
Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Jacket