Moral Theology | |
McHugh, Callan, Farrell | |
Moral theology, as we learn very early on in this | |
impressive tome, is the means by which we tend to | |
God as our last end; that is, the means by which we | |
conform our actions to the purpose for which God | |
made us. Other than the study of God Himself | |
(dogmatic theology), it is hard to imagine a more | |
important topic. | |
This text presents well-researched and coherently | |
explained principles for any need in moral | |
theology. In the modern age, we have become | |
accustomed to questions of morality degenerating | |
rapidly into purely emotive assertions, a tack | |
which is completely rejected here. Moral questions | |
are approached as what they are: rational | |
questions that are subject to rational analysis and | |
rational conclusions. It eschews a | |
one-size-fits-all approach, recognizing that moral | |
questions are often complicated; however, it never | |
compromises principles in the name of exclusivity, | |
and totally rejects the relativism which modernity | |
takes for granted. | |
In other words, it is an excellent overview of | |
Catholic moral theology, and will be useful | |
and informative to anyone who approaches it. | |
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