Where Have All the Proportionalists Gone?

Interest in proportionalism as an important trend in Catholic moral theology seems to have faded in the recent decade. This has led some to view it as a movement that was somehow defeated. I suggest that proportionalism’s influence can still be seen in contemporary Catholic ethics, most noticeably i...

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Main Author: Kalbian, Aline H. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell 2002
In: Journal of religious ethics
Year: 2002, Volume: 30, Issue: 1, Pages: 3-22
Further subjects:B revisionists
B proportionalism
B Catholic Church
B Moral norms
B Moral Theology
B Richard McCormick
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Summary:Interest in proportionalism as an important trend in Catholic moral theology seems to have faded in the recent decade. This has led some to view it as a movement that was somehow defeated. I suggest that proportionalism’s influence can still be seen in contemporary Catholic ethics, most noticeably in the current interest in virtue ethics, casuistry, and feminist ethics. I argue that proportionalism encouraged a reappraisal of the methodology for evaluating moral action in a direction that was more hospitable to concerns about the particularity and context of the agent.
ISSN:1467-9795
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal of religious ethics
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1111/1467-9795.00096