| Part A. Ethical Foundations
Chapter 1: Why be ethical? | Chapter 2: You are what you do | Chapter 3: Conscience: The self in search of the
good | Chapter 4: The naming of God and ethics |
Chapter 5: Ethics and the Kingdom of God
| Chapter 6: Church: Sacrament of God's grace
Part B. Searching for the good
Chapter 7: The good life: Our search for happiness | Chapter 8: Norms for moral living | Chapter 9: Living in praise and thanksgiving
| Chapter 10: Free to be fully alive | Chapter 11: Freedom in a political and cultural
context | Chapter 12: The freedom of the children of God | Chapter 13: "I the LORD love justice(Isaiah 61.8) | Chapter 14: Let earth and sea and sky proclaim your
glory | Chapter 15: "If I sin, what do I do to you?(Job
7.20)
| Chapter 16: Marriage matters | Chapter 17: The family | Chapter 18: Render unto Caesar… What is the relation
of ethics to politics?
See Also Moral
Issues and Social
Justice Links found on the Links section of the CARFLEO
website |
| Unit |
Aims |
Links |
| 1 Mapping the ethical experience |
General Sites |
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Chapter 1: Why be ethical?
- to identify experiences as ethical or moral
- to apply ethical theories to situate their
experiences as ethical or moral
- to begin to develop an awareness of themselves
as ethical persons
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| Chapter 2: You are what you do
- to explore the nature of human action
- to discern the importance of what we do in
the formation of the self
- to appreciate the self as a source of action
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| Chapter 3: Conscience: The self in
search of the good
- to explore the good manifested in the values
that shape us
- to understand the three dimensions of conscience
- to understand the formation of conscience
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2. Guided by the light of Revelation
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Chapter 4: The naming of God and ethics
- to understand the self-revelation of God by
interpreting Exodus and the prophetic call narratives
- to understand our ethical and moral stance
as a response to the revelation of God's commitment in the
covenant
- to appreciate that being touched by God is
our identity and calls us to a way of life
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| Chapter 5: Ethics and the Kingdom of
God
- to understand the ethical and moral implications
of the kingdom of God
- to understand our response to God as a responsibility
to the other
- to appreciate Christ as the norm of Christian
morality
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| Chapter 6: Church: Sacrament of God's
grace
- to understand the Church as the sacrament of
God's love in history
- to examine the historical unfolding of the
Church's moral thinking
- to reflect on the role of the Church today
as a community of moral and ethical discourse
- to appreciate the Church as a source for our
moral formation
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- Christus Rex http://www.ycdsb.edu.on.ca/schools/crec/www.christusrex.org
- This website is a useful resource for both the teacher and
student as the exploration of the Catechisms begin and
a relationship between the teachings and the their use
in developing and professing faith evolves. The website
has many useful articles as well as links that a teacher
can call upon as resources or assign for students to explore.
It has been up and running since 1994 and is well maintained.
... Henry Zavagno
- Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops http://www.cccb.ca
- Ontario Conference of Catholic Bishops
http://www.occb.ca/
- This
website is also another very useful resource. The site
as well as the CCCB was developed with many key foci,
the most pertinent in this case would be to promote:Social
Justice in Canada and the Third World and Respect for
Life. With this in mind,
there are many resources such as, Media Releases, Public
Statements, as well as CCCB Publications that can be drawn
upon for background knowledge along with support for developing
the ideas of moral decision making within the Catholic
Christian framework. There also easily accessible additional
links, which could provide further useful resources for
the teacher as well as the students completing the course.
--Henry Zavagno
- Theology Library: Official Church Teachings http://www.shc.edu/theolibrary/docs.htm
- Permanent
Observer Mission of the Holy See to the United Nations http://www.holyseemission.org/index2.html
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| Part B. Searching for the good |
3. Discovering the Good Life
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Chapter 7: The good life: Our search for happiness
- to explore the human search for happiness
- to reflect on the role of the other in the
good life
- to appreciate the institutional framework of
the good life
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| Chapter 8: Norms for moral living
- to understand the function of norms in promoting
and protecting the good life
- to understand Natural Law as foundational for
ethics and moral living
- to appreciate the process of moral decision
making
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| Chapter 9: Living in praise and thanksgiving
- to understand happiness in the light of Revelation
- to explore our vocation to happiness
- to appreciate the ethical life as lived in
praise and thanksgiving
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4. Gifted with Freedom
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Chapter 10: Free to be fully alive
- to understand the connection between human
freedom and personal identity
- to explore patterns of ethical development
- to appreciate the finite nature of human freedom
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| Chapter 11: Freedom in a political
and cultural context
- to survey political theories of freedom
- to analyse the influences that affect ethical
choices in Western culture
- to discern right action within contemporary
society
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| Chapter 12: The freedom of the children
of God
- to understand St. Paul's concept of freedom
(Romans 8)
- to recognize in the gift of freedom an invitation
to give generously of ourselves
- to appreciate the gift dimension of life
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5. Proclaiming justice and mercy
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Chapter 13: "I the LORD love justice(Isaiah
61.8)
- to explore different interpretations of justice
- to appreciate the relationship between justice
and love as reflected in our faith tradition
- to apply principles of economic justice to
society
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| Chapter 14: Let earth and sea and
sky proclaim your glory
- to understand our ethical and moral stance
in response to God's generosity of creation
- to explore principles of ecological stewardship
- to appreciate political action for ecological
stewardship
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| Chapter 15: "If I sin, what do I do
to you?(Job 7.20)
- to explore the reality of sin
- to understand the need for and the difficulty
of forgiveness
- to appreciate the gift and promise of God's
pardon
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6. Building a civilization of love
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Chapter 16: Marriage matters
- to reflect on the conjugal nature of marriage
- to explore the social dimension of marriage
- to appreciate the religious significance of
marriage
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| Chapter 17: The family
- to understand the family as the primary environment
for the ethical and moral formation of the person
- to examine the family's contribution to the
common good
- to celebrate the religious dimension of the
family
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| Chapter 18: Render unto Caesar… What
is the relation of ethics to politics?
- to explore the relationship between morality
and politics
- to appreciate the diversity and unity of political
society
- to claim their Christian call to participate
in political life
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