Catholic Ethics in Today's World, Revised Edition
Ethical dilemmas may puzzle, challenge, and confuse--making the search for answers to such dilemmas all the more compelling. Building on their well-respected book, Catholic Ethics in Today's World, authors Jozef D. Zalot and Benedict Guevin, OSB, seek to clarify Church teaching on contentious ethical issues by offering a detailed examination of those teachings and the reasons behind them. Several factors underlie general misunderstanding and confusion over Catholic teaching on ethics, argue the authors. Among these, the Church itself hasn't clearly articulated its teachings on ethics to a lay audience, the media often misinterprets the Church's statements, and those responsible for teaching ethics may neglect or lack sufficient training to fulfill that role.This revised edition of Catholic Ethics in Today's World has been rewritten for clarity and to reflect recent developments. Zalot and Guevin update and expand their discussion on the Church's teaching on ethics by offering thought-provoking discussion opportunities centered on such issues as the nation's recent recession, corporate fraud, the war in Afghanistan, premarital relations and birth control, reproductive technology, embryonic stem cell research, and care for the dying. The authors' intent is to explain Catholic teaching so that a clear  and well-informed ethics of morality can arise.