Social ethics

1. Basic notions and concepts.
2. Short history of the various schools of social ethics.
3. Social ethics in St. Thomas.
4. The development of the social teachings of the Church.
5. Social ethical problems in the post industrial era, in the age of mass communication, in the age of globalization and of women's emancipation.

• D. COMPOSTA, Moral Philosophy and Social Ethics, Rome, 1988.
• R. CHARLES, Christian Social Witness and Teaching, 2 volumes, Leominster (England), 1998.
• The social encyclicals:
  • Rerum novarum.
  • Quadragesimo anno.
  • Mater et magistra.
  • Populorum progressio.
  • Laborem exercens.
  • Centesimus annus.
• NCCB / UNITED STATES CATHOLIC CONFERENCE, Contemporary Catholic Social Teaching, Washington, 1991.
• P. C. PHAN, Social thought: message of the Fathers of the Church, Wilmington (DE), 1984.

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