Reviewed
by Williiam
J. Rewak, S.J.
There have been few areas within the past forty
years more troublesome than that of morality.
Birth control, abortion, homosexuality, obedience
to Church authority, genetics, cloning. The
speed of technological change, along with deepened
Scriptural research and attention to such principles
as that of proportionality have made moral theologians
look carefully at virtually all areas of morality.
Does this mean that morality changes? Sometimes,
of course, it does: the Church once taught slavery
was acceptable, now it understands it as evil;
usury was once a sin, it is now acceptable.
But morality can never be simply relativistic:
we have to have a strong foundation for the
moral principles we live by. So this book is
recommended as a wise exploration of what change
means in the area of morality, how we can judge
whether an action is moral or immoral, and how
to look at the conflicting claims of conscience
and authority.
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