Individual & corporate

Ethics has both an individual and a corporate dimension. Actions taken within a pastoral context will have an effect on the individuals involved, and on the congregation as a whole. Candidates for ordination will be asked to demonstrate an understanding of this corporate, pastoral dimension of ethical reflection.

Recommended Reading

Hauerwas, Stanley A Community of Character: Toward A Constructive Christian Social Ethic (1981) ISBN 0-268-00735-7

Moral Theology & Ethics

a. Ability to identify morally relevant information in a situation b. Evaluate using 3 methods: consequences, rules, character/virtue c. Resources from scripture & tradition d. Lives of the saints - exemplars of Christian life e. Mandated Reporter f. Individual & corporate g. Pastoral implications h. Sacrament of confession i. Cure of Souls j. Contemporary Moral Issues