Description
An exploration of several foundational issues in moral theology, namely, (1) the structure of the human/moral act, especially in the context of the controversy of "proportionalism"; (2) the meaning of natural law, in the context of recent proposals in natural law theory; (3) the possibility of mortal sin, in the context of the theory that our moral goodness or badness is determined by "fundamental option." We shall focus on understanding Karol Wojtyla, John Paul II's contributions concerning these issues. Therefore, we shall first read carefully his Veritatis Splendor, and then look more closely at these three issues by considering some of the texts that form its background and context and some subsequent commentaries and developments.