Proportionalism and the Natural Law Tradition

by Christopher Kaczor

Book Overview

Consequentialism and Catholic ethics seem to be natural enemies. The Catholic prohibition against intentionally killing the innocent, lying, committing adultery, and so on contradicts the very essence of consequentialism that no act may be assessed as good or evil independently of its consequences. However in the 1960s within the Catholic tradition itself, there arose a method in ethics called proportionalism which practically, if not theoretically,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813218675
• ISBN13: 9780813218670
• Release Date: November 2010
• Publisher: Catholic University of America Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 8.4"