The Critical Calling: Reflections on Moral

"Richard McCormick begins The Critical Calling with his personal affirmation of the work of Vatican II: "I believe the Council was a work of the Spirit - desperately needed, divinely inspired, devotedly and doggedly carried through." Part One includes a discussion of fundamental moral theology that looks at the relationship between the church hierarchy and individual moral decision making and several chapters addressing issues precipitated by actions involving Cardinal Josef Ratzinger, now Pope Benedict XVI. Part Two focuses on practical and pastoral questions that touch on contemporary concerns ranging from abortion to AIDS, divorce, homosexuality, and teenage sexuality."--BOOK JACKET.

Foreword by Lisa Sowle Cahill

ix

Preface

xvii

PART I: FUNDAMENTAL MORAL THEOLOGY

1

(208)

1 Moral Theology Since Vatican II: Clarity or Chaos?

3

(22)

2 Dissent in the Church: Loyalty or Liability?

25

(22)

3 Moral Argument in Christian Ethics

47

(24)

4 The Chill Factor in Contemporary Moral Theology

71

(24)

5 Bishops as Teachers, Scholars as Listeners

95

(16)

6 L'Affaire Curran

111

(20)

7 Pluralism in Moral Theology

131

(16)

8 Catholic Moral Theology: Is Pluralism Pathogenic

147

(16)

9 Matters of Free Theological Debate

163

(8)

10 Fundamental Freedom Revisited

171

(20)

11 Theology in the Public Forum

191

(18)

PART II: PRACTICAL AND PASTORAL QUESTIONS

209

(194)

12 The Consistent Ethic of Life: Is There a Historical Soft Underbelly?

211

(22)

13 Divorce, Remarriage, and the Sacraments

233

(22)

14 "A Clean Heart Create for Me, O God." Impact Questions on the Artificial Heart

255

(6)

15 Genetic Technology and Our Common Future

261

(12)

16 Sterilization: The Dilemma of Catholic Hospitals

273

(16)

17 Homosexuality as a Moral and Pastoral Problem

289

(26)

18 AIDS: The Shape of the Ethical Challenge

315

(14)

19 Therapy or Tampering? The Ethics of Reproductive Technology and the Development of Doctrine

329

(24)

20 If I Had Ten Things to Share with Physicians

353

(16)

21 Nutrition-Hydration: The New Euthanasia?

369

(20)

22 The Physician and Teenage Sexuality

389

(14)

Index

403

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The Critical Calling: Reflections on Moral Dilemmas Since Vatican II

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