Moral Choice: A Christian View of Ethics

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Moral choice “Moral Choice uncovers the content and context of moral decision making in clear, concise, and practical terms: vocabulary defined, methods described, and choices that contribute to realizing our potentials illuminated. A tour de force from years of teaching, writing, and research, Christie’s work guides decision making through reasoned consideration of the serious and frivolous challenges to the examined life.” Mary Jo Iozzio Barry University “Moral Choice takes its readers on an instructive and illuminating voyage through sources, methods, and applications in the field of Catholic moral theology. It is especially recommended for the clear and systematic way ‘the human person adequately considered’ is shown to be the definitive moral norm.” Jan Jans Tilburg University, The Netherlands moral choice: a christian view of ethics Dolores L. Christie Fortress Press Minneapolis Moral Choice A Christian View of Ethics Copyright © 2013 Fortress Press. All rights reserved. Except for brief quotations in critical articles or reviews, no part of this book may be reproduced in any manner without prior written permission from the publisher. Visit http://www.augsburgfortress.org/ copyrights/contact.asp or write to Permissions, Augsburg Fortress, Box 1209, Minneapolis , MN 55440. Scripture texts used in this work are taken from the New American Bible, copyright© 1970 by the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Washington, DC, are used by permission of the copyright owner. All rights reserved. Cover image: © iStockphoto.com / Peeter Viisimaa Cover design: Alisha Lofgren Book design: PerfecType, Nashville, TN Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Christie, Dolores L. Moral choice : a Christian view of ethics / Dolores L. Christie. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8006-9802-7 (pbk. : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-1-4514-2430-0 (ebook) 1. Christian ethics—Catholic authors—Textbooks. I. Title. BJ1249.C3565 2012 241’.042—dc23 2012007884 The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z329.48-1984. Manufactured in the U.S.A. 18 17 16 15 14 13 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 To David F. Kelly and George A. Kanoti, with thanks To Jack Dunne, with hope ...