MTS 701 Fundamental Moral Theology

This course will initiate the students into the vast and wide world of Catholic moral theology. This course will explain the different fundamental concepts and principles of Catholic moral theology so that the students may become capable of objectively evaluating the various moral issues of today and of arriving at right moral decisions in the light of Gospel values and the teachings of the Catholic Church. The entire course is divided into two parts, distributed in two semesters. In part one. we will deal with the introductory notions on moral theology, biblical vision of morality, human act and moral laws. In part two. we will deal with moral conscience, important moral principles for situations of conflict, virtues and sins. The entire course will be concluded with a short reference to the possibility and characteristic features of an Eastern approach to Catholic moral theology

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