Note from June 29, 2020
Although we do not yet know how long the social distancing related to the Covid-19 pandemic will last, and regardless of the changes that had to be made in the evaluation of the June 2020 session in relation to what is provided for in this learning unit description, new learnig unit evaluation methods may still be adopted by the teachers; details of these methods have been - or will be - communicated to the students by the teachers, as soon as possible.
Although we do not yet know how long the social distancing related to the Covid-19 pandemic will last, and regardless of the changes that had to be made in the evaluation of the June 2020 session in relation to what is provided for in this learning unit description, new learnig unit evaluation methods may still be adopted by the teachers; details of these methods have been - or will be - communicated to the students by the teachers, as soon as possible.
4 credits
30.0 h
Q1
This biannual learning unit is not being organized in 2019-2020 !
Teacher(s)
Gaziaux Eric;
Language
French
Main themes
To reach the aims, the course will propose the study of a special topic or of an author (philosopher or theologian) through a specific problematic, with insistence on a speculative and fundamental approach.
Aims
At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to : | |
| 1 | explain the results of a research on a fundamental ethical question connected with theology; |
| 2 | evaluate with a critical approach some philosophical and theological texts about morality. |
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”.
Content
2017-2018
The course will study the notion of natural law. It will expose its historical background, the position of St Thomas of Aquinas, the conciliar teaching and the post-conciliar developments on this notion. It will tackle the relevance of this concept, its strength and its limits, to develop a contemporary theological ethics.
The course will study the notion of natural law. It will expose its historical background, the position of St Thomas of Aquinas, the conciliar teaching and the post-conciliar developments on this notion. It will tackle the relevance of this concept, its strength and its limits, to develop a contemporary theological ethics.
Evaluation methods
Oral examination on the course or on the written work on the notion of natural law.
Faculty or entity
TEBI
