基本倫理神學 (通諭《真理的光輝》):「你們將認識真理,而真理必會使你們自由。」(若8:32)
本課程探討基本倫理神學中所提出的核心點:「師傅,我該行什麼善,為得永生?」(瑪19:16)人的倫理行為除了需要理性與意志的分辨與選擇,更需要聖神的引導,才能藉由耶穌基督的真光,得到真正的幸福和天主的賞報,榮福真觀,與主合一。(參見《真理的光輝》第2條)
本課程將深入討論真理、善、內在倫理惡的存在、啟示、自然律的基礎與目的、良心、罪、德行、自由的意義,以及倫理行動的結構與特性,並舉例說明真正的倫理困難,例如雙果律、分辨立惡表的行為,及合作的倫理問題等。透過研讀聖若望保祿二世的《真理的光輝》通諭、《天主教教理》,並結合聖多瑪斯.阿奎那的相關著作,引導學生在神學與哲學的脈絡中,深入理解倫理行為的真正意涵,以協助人達到完善的召叫。
This course takes up themes arising within fundamental moral theology. In what sense is moral theology really a theology? What constitutes morality? What role do desire, fulfillment, love, truth, beauty, and the invitation to communion (cf. Veritatis splendor, 1) play in our grounding of moral theology? The course takes up the question of freedom, the foundation and meaning of natural law, and the structure and character of moral action. Readings include Veritatis splendor and texts drawn from Ratzinger and Aquinas.