Grounds and preparations for the main thesis of "Veritatis Splendor"

• Authors: Finnis John
• Conference: Ethics of Moral Absolutes
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Having set out in some detail the central teaching of the encyclical “Veritatis Splendor” – on exceptional moral norms – this paper outlines some of the preparatory work done by the International Theological Commission in a document which, though adopted with virtual unanimity by the Commission, remains unpublished because it so closely preceded the encyclical. In a third section, the paper recalls relevant teachings of Vatican II and of the Holy See that the ITC document recalled in support of its thesis. The fourth section of the paper offers some further reflections on the encyclical, its foundations and its significance.

Keywords

EN

object of the human act; negative moral precepts; intrinsically evil acts; moral absolutes; Church's moral teaching

PL

przedmiot aktu ludzkiego; negatywne zasady moralne; akty złe z natury; absoluty moralne; nauka moralna Kościoła

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Kardynała Stefana Wyszyńskiego w Warszawie
• Journal: Studia Philosophiae Christianae
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 51
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 7-26

Contributors

author

Finnis John

• University College, OX1 4BH Oxford, United Kingdom