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The aim of the course is to explore fundamental principles and values of the Catholic Social Teaching as a specific response to ethical dilemmas of our everyday personal, corporal, social and civic-political lives. The Catholic vision of ´a good life lived with and for others in just institutions´ (P. Ricoeur) is interpreted as social responsibility coming from the heart of the ´social Gospel´ (biblical, traditional and church teaching), as well as from historical ´signs of the time´ reflected by ethicists, theologians, philosophers, social scientists, and people of good will who are committed to solve social problems.
Poslední úprava: Mašek Vojtěch, Mgr., Ph.D. (27.10.2016)
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The aim of the course is to introduce into basic ethical principles, approaches and arguments of the Catholic Social Teaching (related to the issues of the family, civil society, market economy, politics, law, peace, ecology and international relationships) and confront them with concrete ethical problems of democratic societies in the present-day ´globalized´ and fragmented world. Poslední úprava: Mašek Vojtěch, Mgr., Ph.D. (27.10.2016)
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SYLLABUS AND SCHEDULE
4. Oct. Introduction into Catholic Social Teaching, concepts, methods, issues and perspectives 11. Oct. Sources and Traditions 1 (Revelation, Natural Law, Some Historical Impulses of Catholic Social Thought) 18. Oct. Sources and Traditions 2 (Catholic Social Movements) 25. Oct. Catholic Social Teaching as a Doctrine (stages, documents, issues, emphases, tensions) 1. Nov. 2016 Fundamental Principles and Values of Catholic Social Teaching (Compendium, some debates on the system of principles and values) 8. Nov. 2016 Market Economy and Social Injustice as a Challenge for Catholic Social Teaching. The legacy of the first encyclicals Rerum novarum and Quadragesimo anno 15. Nov. Catholic Ethics of Marriage and Family (social-ethical approach) 22. Nov. Catholic Ethics of Work and Business (Contributions of John Paul II., ethical of globalization, economy of gratuity, Benedict XVI.) 29. Nov. Catholic Ethics of Civil Society (and Media?) 6. Dec. Catholic Ethics of Politics and Law 13. Dec. Catholic Ethics of International Relations and Integral Development 20. Dec. Catholic Ethics of Peace and debates on the so-called ´just war´ tradition 3. Jan. Catholic Ecological Ethics and Integral Ecology of Pope Francis 10. Jan. Discussions, Consultations, Exchange of Experience Poslední úprava: Mašek Vojtěch, Mgr., Ph.D. (04.10.2016)
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TEXTS AND RESOURCES
Obligatory
Your basic reading material is the Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/pontifical_councils/justpeace/documents/rc_pc_justpeace_doc_20060526_compendio-dott-soc_en.html
As for critical comments to particular areas, see the section Articles, Paper, Book on the same website.
Further (optional) resources (available on request)
Other materials on Catholic Social Ethics are available on this Loyola university website: http://www.shc.edu/theolibrary/cst.htm
For American traditions of Christian social ethics and social movements see, e.g.
Gary Dorrien: Social Ethics in the Making. Interpreting an American Tradition. Wiley-Blackwell, Malden 2011. Marvin L. Krier Mich: Catholic Social Teaching and Movements. New London, Twenty-third Publications 2009.
For European and Czech traditions and theory see also
J.S. Boswell, F.P. McHugh, J. Verstraeten (eds): Catholic Social Thought: Twilight or Renaissance? Leuven University Press, Leuven 2000. Paul Misner: Catholic Labor Movements in Europe. Social Thought and Action 1914-1965. Washington, The Catholic University of America Press 2015. Priest and Worker. The Autobiography of Henri Perrin. Holt, Rinehart & Winston 1964. For German speaking: Markus Vogt, Theologie der Sozialethik, Freiburg im Breisgau, Verlag Herder GmbH 2013.
For Czech social ethics see Peace and Good. A letter on social issues in the Czech Republic for public discussion. The Secretariat of the Czech Bishops´ Conference, Prague 2001. Poslední úprava: Mašek Vojtěch, Mgr., Ph.D. (03.10.2016)
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COURSE ASSIGNMENTS 1. Active Participation in Class Discussions - 10 points 2. Independent reading of obligatory and optional study materials (esp. the Compendium of the Social Teaching of the Church, for details see Literature) - 20 points 3. Final test based on the knowledge of crucial principles, values and arguments of the Catholic Social Teaching and an essential ability to apply it to real social situations - 70 points (65 points out of 100 is a total pass grade). Poslední úprava: Mašek Vojtěch, Mgr., Ph.D. (03.10.2016)
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