Posted by johnboy on September 22, 19100 at 10:27:48:
In Reply to: Re: Levels of consciousness (long) posted by johnboy on September 22, 19100 at 10:21:18:
Some notes on where Catholic Moral Theology is headed; Sorry, I lost the reference but it is clearly from Richard McCormick:
1. Christocentric, "anchored in charity vs. one-sidedly philosophical;"
2. universal in its appeal, as opposed to a narrow, parochial approach;
3. attempting to use subsidiarity -- "if it can be done at a lower level, don't let a higher level do it." Today, Father McCormick stated, "we turn to Rome for everything." He believes that parish problems should be solved at the parish level, diocesan problems at the diocesan level, and so on;
4. personalistic, in contrast to "biologistic," emphasizing the centrality of the human person;
5. more "modest and tentative," vs. infallible;
6. ecumenical, drawing on other sources outside Catholicism for ideas;
7. inductive, using the insight of laypersons, vs. deductive;
8. pluralistic, allowing for differences according to individual cases, rather than seeking universal conformism;
9. aspirational, rather than minimalistic -- "appealing to the spiritual hungers of people, vs. basic obligations;" and
10. a theology done by experts, using specialists in fields like international relations or bioethics to create moral standards.