The contribution of this Teaching Unit to the development and command of the skills and learning outcomes of the programme(s) can be accessed at the end of this sheet, in the section entitled “Programmes/courses offering this Teaching Unit”.
2016-2017
The course has two components.
The first (A), after an introduction defining the concepts of theology and moral theology, the course sets out an historical survey (from Christian Antiquity through to the current period) on the evolution of moral theology (Chap. 1). This survey makes it possible to identify methodological problems specific to ethics (Chap. 2)
Second component ecognise the relevance of certain atheist critics of Christian ethics (Chap. 3). Such critics can then be the foundations of a theological reflection starting with the outline of its framework, especially through the concepts of Creation, Alliance and Salvation (Chap. 4), further revisiting the concepts of nature and freedom (as well as other important themes, such as law, desire, etc. (Chap. 5), ending with the question of the specificity of Christian ethics (Chap. 6). The last chapter concentrates on a reflection on the components of the ethical approach. Method: The course attempts to link and compare and contrast specifically theological categories with "secular" categories with a view to introducing students to a theological way of thinking. Though the method is lecture format teaching, it should be noted that specific themes can be addressed or inserted into some chapters to meet students' expectations.
Prerequisite : nothing Evaluation: Oral examination Support: A structure of the course is given to the students ; texts are also read together with certain meetings.
