Theological Ethics. Advanced Course II

ltheo2162  2020-2021  Louvain-la-Neuve

Theological Ethics. Advanced Course II
Due to the COVID-19 crisis, the information below is subject to change, in particular that concerning the teaching mode (presential, distance or in a comodal or hybrid format).
4 credits
30.0 h
Q1

This biannual learning unit is being organized in 2020-2021
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.
 
Content
The course will study the notion of autonomy in ethics. It will expose its historical and speculative background with the positions of Kant, Tillich and Auer, 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.
Teaching methods

Due to the COVID-19 crisis, the information in this section is particularly likely to change.

The method is primarily taught by the lectures with moment of discussion.
Evaluation methods

Due to the COVID-19 crisis, the information in this section is particularly likely to change.

Oral examination on the course or on the written work on the notion of autonomy in theological ethics.
The attendance to the lectures is obligatory.
Faculty or entity
TEBI


Programmes / formations proposant cette unité d'enseignement (UE)

Title of the programme
Sigle
Credits
Prerequisites
Aims
Master [60] in Theology

Master [120] in Theology