Family Ethics: Practices for Christians

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FA M I LY E T H I C S Moral Traditions Series James F. Keenan, SJ, Series Editor American Protestant Ethics and the Legacy of H. Richard Niebuhr, William Werpehowski Aquinas, Feminism, and the Common Good, Susanne M. DeCrane A Call to Fidelity: On the Moral Theology of Charles E. Curran, James J. Walter, Timothy E. O’Connell, and Thomas A. Shannon, Editors Catholic Moral Theology in the United States: A History, Charles E. Curran The Critical Calling: Reflections on Moral Dilemmas since Vatican II, Richard A. McCormick Defending Probabilism: The Moral Theology of Juan Caramuel, Julia Fleming Ethics and Economics of Assisted Reproduction: The Cost of Longing, Maura A. Ryan The Global Face of Public Faith: Politics, Human Rights, and Christian Ethics, David Hollenbach The Ground beneath the Cross: The Theology of Ignacio Ellacuría, Kevin F. Burke Heroes, Saints, and Ordinary Morality, Andrew Michael Flescher Introduction to Jewish and Catholic Bioethics: A Comparative Analysis, Aaron L. Mackler John Cuthbert Ford, SJ: Moral Theologian at the End of the Manualist Era, Eric Marcelo O. Genilo Josef Fuchs on Natural Law, Mark Graham Loyal Dissent: Memoir of a Catholic Theologian, Charles E. Curran The Moral Theology of Pope John Paul II, Charles E. Curran Overcoming Our Evil: Human Nature and Spiritual Exercises in Xunzi and Augustine, Aaron Stalnaker Prophetic and Public: The Social Witness of U.S. Catholicism, Kristin E. Heyer The Sexual Person: Toward a Renewed Catholic Anthropology, Todd A. Salzman and Michael G. Lawler FA M I LY E T H I C S P R A C T I C E S F O R C H R I S T I A N S JULIE HANLON RUBIO GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY PRESS / WASHINGTON, D.C. © 2010 by Georgetown University Press. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Rubio, Julie Hanlon. Family ethics : practices for Christians / Julie Hanlon Rubio. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-58901-639-2 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Family—Religious life. 2. Family—Religious aspects—Catholic Church. 3. Christian ethics—Catholic authors. I. Title. BX2351.R83 2010 241’.63—dc22 2009024526 䊊 ⬁ This book is printed on acid-free paper meeting the requirements of the American National Standard for Permanence in Paper for Printed Library Materials. 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 First printing Printed in the United States of America For Martin This page intentionally left blank ...