Josef Fuchs on Natural Law

Informationen zum Autor Mark Graham is assistant professor of theology and religious studies at Villanova University. Klappentext Josef Fuchs is one of the most important Catholic theologians of the 20th century! and this is the first full-scale treatment of his thinking. The author demonstrates how Fuchs' interpretation of natural law has evolved! and what this means for his positions on moral issues. Beginning with Fuchs' "pre-conversion" period! from 1941-1966! Graham describes how Fuchs' slowly changed his thinking and thereby incurred the wrath of the Vatican on certain social issues. Zusammenfassung Appointed by Pope John XXIII to the Pontifical Commission on Population! Family! and Birth! Josef Fuchs ultimately found himself disappointed in his three years of service and spent the next thirty years exploring a broad array of issues pivotal to a reconstruction of Roman Catholic natural law theory. This work analyses Fuchs' efforts. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Part I: The Preconversion Period (1941-66) 1. Natural Law and the Confrontation with Situation Ethics 2. A Fuller Account of Natural Law 3. The Intellectual Conversion: The Pontifical Commission on Population! Family! and Birth! 1963-66 Part II: The Postconversion Period (1966-Present) 4. Theological Anthropology and Natural Law 5. The Core of Fuch's Mature Natural Law Theory: Natural Law and Recto Ratio6. Natural Law! Christian Faith! and Moral Norms Conclusion

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Mark Graham, Mark E. Graham, Graham Mark
• Edition: Georgetown University Press
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 25.10.2002
• EAN: 9780878403820
• ISBN: 978-0-87840-382-0
• Pages: 282
• Thèmes: Moral Traditions (Hardcover); Moral Traditions series
• Catégories: Sciences humaines, art, musique > Philosophie > Général, dictionnaires; PHILOSOPHY / Religious, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, RELIGION / Philosophy, Ethics & moral philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy, Philosophy of religion