Readings Guide and Key Points Week 10:

Higgins: War

    Pacifist

    Christian Militarist

    Just War

Just War Theory

    1. Just Cause

    2. Competent Authority

    3. Comparative Justice

    4. Right Intention

    5. Last Resort

    6. Probability of Success

    7.Proportionality

Is violent action ever in keeping with Gospel values?

Higgins: Capital Punishment

Constitutional Questions

        cruel/ unusual

        equal protection

Bishop's and Pope on Capital Punishment

Is it giving up hope?

Do we have other means of detention?

What does it do to us?

Issues:

    1. The Right to Life

    2. Justice

    3. Effects on Society

    4. Economics

    5. Deterrence

    6. Inequality

    7. The Future

Hannigan 5:

The Reality of Sin

Sin is relational. It exists in relation to God.

Missing the Mark - Harmartia

Is the road to hell paved with good intentions?

The objective and subjective dimensions of sin.

Sin as Slavery?

Sin as a disabling power that deforms and enslaves human life. Sin as addiction.

Sin v. Sins

    The condition v. the acts of

Original Sin

    peccatum originale originans v. peccatum originale originatum

Serious v. non serious sin

Fundemental option