FINALITÀ
General Objectives:
To facilitate knowledge of the concept of virtue and thereby
reinforce the conviction that virtues enable a person to freely
practice the good.
To facilitate the knowledge of the complementary role of
human virtues and grace through the study of the Cardinal
and Theological virtues which form the basis of Christian
moral life.
ARGOMENTI
Course Outlines:
Virtues and the happy life; virtue as habitus leading to
character; virtues and their specific Christian character;
history of virtue theory in Moral Theology; defining
virtue; types of virtues; theological virtues; cardinal virtues;
relationship between the virtues; virtue lies in the middle;
emotions and the cultivation of virtue; friendship; virtue and
sanctification.
TESTI
Textbook:
Biju, Michael. 2019. Virtues. Jerusalem: s.n.
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