Conscience and Its Problems: An Introduction to CasuistryThis book, originally published in 1927, has proven to be one of the most important and influential books in the field of ethics in the twentieth century. It remains a pertinent, original, and insightful work--a landmark statement of modern casuistry. The Library of Theological Ethics series focuses on what it means to think theologically and ethically. It presents a selection of important and otherwise unavailable texts in easily accessible form. Volumes in this series will enable sustained dialogue with predecessors though reflection on classic works in the field. |
Contents
General Editors Introduction | xi |
Authors Note to 1948 Edition | xxxvi |
CONTENTS | xlvii |
Moral Judgments | 3 |
Moral Judgments and Moral Taste | 11 |
Conscience and Emotion | 18 |
Intuitions | 26 |
Indifferent Acts | 38 |
Loyalty | 58 |
Casuistry | 106 |
Casuistry and Christianity | 150 |
Error | 215 |
Doubt | 255 |
Perplexity | 320 |
Additional Notes | 379 |
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