Moral Theology of Social Life

level of course:

Intermediate

objectives of the course:

The aim of the course is further education in the field of extensive moral theology. On the basis of gained knowledge students are to become familiar with issues concerning morality of social life. They are to gain competences to properly judge moral attitudes concerning basic social relations and rights and duties of a man resulting from his life in a community in the light of moral theology. The student gains competences to properly judge moral attitudes of a believer in his social relations with a view of Christian vocation and Christian ethics.

prerequisites:

Knowlegde of basics of philosophy and ethics, knowlegde of general (fundamental) moral theology as well as extensive moral theology concerning virtues and sacraments and their influence on the formation of proper social relations in particular.

course contents:

Deatailed issues:

1.Contemporary context of social life

2.Basic rules of social life

3.Human personal goods in the light of the respect of human dignity

4.Important features of Christian understanding of truth and social communication

5.The truth and truthfulness

6.Sins against the truth. A lie.

7.Secret and its revelation

8.Material goods. Biblical view of material goods, understanding of property and its basic rights

9.Forms of property and means of gaining it

10.Derivative titles of purchasing property

11.Types of agreements. Moral and legal aspects of an agreement.

12.Unjust infringement on somebody's property. Robbery and theft

13.Other ways of infringement on the property 14.Justified appropriation of somebody's posession

15.Restitutuion. Obligation of restitution, ways and circumstances of doing it

16.Fairness of secret compensation. Reasons exempting from the obligation of restitution

17.Morality of human work. Rights as a vocation and moral duty of a man

18.Biblical and theological perspective of work and professional life

19.Moral obligation of work and responsibility for work

20.Object and subject meaning of work

21.Unemployment as a moral problem

22.Social meaning of work and its effects

23.The term of profession, moral aspect of profession, normative character of a profession

24.Making professional work more humane and personal. Work conditions

25.Payment for work. Payment and family

26.Types and moral evaluation of strike

27.Religious and communional meaning of free time. Contemporary dangers

28.Basic rulef of ecological ethics

29.Culture and morality

30.Moral aspctsof entertainment and sports

assessment methods:

Oral exam

Jan Paweł II, Laborem exercens, O pracy ludzkiej, Libreria Editrice Vaticana, Wrocław 1992.

Olejnik Stanisław, Teologia moralna, t. 5, Akademia Teologii Katolickiej, Warszawa 1991.

Olejnik Stanisław, Teologia moralna, t. 6, Akademia Teologii Katolickiej, Warszawa 1990.

Olejnik Stanisław, Teologia moralna, t. 7, Akademia Teologii Katolickiej, Warszawa 1993.

Skorowski Henryk, Moralność społeczna, Wybrane zagadnienia z etyki społecznej, gospodarczej i politycznej, Wydawnictwo salezjańskie, Warszawa 1996.

Witek Stanisław, Duszpasterstwo w konfesjonale, Pallotinum, Poznań 1988.