| CODE | MRT3990 | ||||||
| TITLE | Synoptic Study-unit 3: Moral Theology | ||||||
| UM LEVEL | 03 - Years 2, 3, 4 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 6 | ||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 4 | ||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Moral Theology | ||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This synoptic study-unit will invite the student to manifest his or her knowledge and capacity of synthesis in the field of moral theology with reference to a number of contiguous philosophical subjects (Ethics" and "Philosophical Anthropology"). Study-unit Aims: - To allow the student to manifest his or her knowledge of ethics and moral theology . - To allow the student to manifest his or her capacity of synthesis in the fields of ethics and moral theology. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to show evidence of a synthetic capacity of presentation of ethics and moral theology. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to present a coherent and synthetic account of ethics and moral theology. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: - HOLLENBACH, D., The Common Good and Christian Ethics, Cambridge: Cambridge UP 2002. - MARITAIN, J., Human Rights and Natural Law, San Francisco: Ignatius Press 1986. - NOLAN, A., Jesus before Christianity: The Gospel of Liberation, London: DLT 2001. - RICCARDI, A., Convivere, Bari: Laterza 2006. - Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, The Social Agenda: A Collection of Magisterial Texts, Robert A Sirico - Maciej Zieba (eds), Città Del Vaticano: Libreria Editrice Vaticana. (as pdf) - Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church, Città del Vaticano: Libreria Editrice Vaticana 2004. - Coleman John, One Hundred Years of Catholic Social Thought: Celebration and Challenge, New York 1991. (BQT3416.O5) - O'Brien David J - Shannon Thomas A, Catholic Social Teaching: The Documentary Heritage, New York 1992. - Dwyer Judith A (ed.), The New Dictionary of Catholic Social Thought, Minnesota: 1994 Ref. PBZ. - CURRAN., C. & McCORMICK, R. (ed.), Dialogue about Catholic Sexual Teaching, (Readings in Moral Theology, No 8), New Jersey, Paulist Press, 1993. - LAWLER R., et. al., Catholic Sexual Ethics, Indiana, Our Sunday Visitor Press, 1985. - Pontifical Academy on the Family, Enchiridion on the Family: A Compendium of Church Teaching on Family and Life Issues from Vatican II to the Present, Pauline, 2004. - Kelly, K., Divorce and Second Marriage, Chapman, New York, 1996. - Mackin, Th., What is Marriage?, vol. i, Paulist Press, Macarthur Blvd., Mahwah, New Jersey, 1982. - Mackin, Th., Divorce and Remarriage, vol. ii, Paulist Press, Macarthur Blvd., Mahwah, New Jersey, 1984. - FORD NORMAN, THE PRENATAL PERSON. ETHICS FROM CONCEPTION TO BIRTH, BLACKWELL, 2002. - BASTERRA F. J. ELIZARI, BIOETHICS, ST PAUL, 1991. - Lawler, M., Marriage and the Catholic Church. Disputed Questions, Liturgical Press, Minnesota, 2002. - Mackin, Th., The Marital Sacrament, vol. iii, Paulist Press, Macarthur Blvd., Mahwah, New Jersey, 1989. - Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics - McIntrye A., After Virtue, University of Notre Dame Press, 1984. - H. McCabe, Law, Love and Language, London, Sheed & Ward, 1968. - M. Warnock, Ethics since 1900, Oxford Univ. Press, 1978. - G.J. Warnock, Contemporary Moral Philosophy, St Martin's Press, New York, 1967. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Synoptic Study-Unit | ||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Stefan Attard Nadia Delicata Jonathan Farrugia George Grima Hector Scerri Carl Mario Sultana Raymond Zammit |
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