Notes from Gathered for the Journey Six (6) essays David McCarthy

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ConclusionMcCarthy admits that no great conclusions have come forthNo exact methodologyHe notes what many know: ―Scripture is, first of all, not an encyclopediawhere we look for sentences or a paragraph to answer essential questions, buta proclamation of salvation and a call to follow Jesus—to go and dolikewise.‖ (66)Focus on moral formation, not solving specific moral challengesFocus on becoming ―fit‖ interpreters ―in relationship to the Spirit of God.‖Focus on Easter Vigil and Jesus‘ proclamation of the Kingdom are ―central‖ (66)―We are called to be initiated to life in Christ, to be those who proclaim and extend theBible‘s salvation history, to repent and seek to live anew.‖ (66)Fundamental Moral Theology Page 10 of 54Class Notes – Father Michael Seger
David Cloutier: ―Human Fulfillment‖pp. 134 – 152I. What Causes Human Actionpp. 134-135Why a person does ―anything‖?Ethics is about ―the study of human actions.‖Moral theology is the science of human actions in light of the GospelsScientific worldview—we look for what caused the object under study—think ofa weatherman explaining a torrential rain stormKEY: We look to past causes to explain present actions.Human actions—the same way—what caused a marriage to break up?Cause and effect forms a basic structure that renders all action intelligible.Unique to Human Beings―For human action is not simply human movement. It‘s no just a human versionof physics. Human action is driven not primarily by past causes, but by causes inthe future.‖ (134)Human action, according to the Thomistic tradition, demands basic freedom.―We naturally assume that genuine human action, the action of mature adultpersons, is voluntary or free. It does not involve being forced by another, butinvolves intentional choice.‖ (135)Why did she or he act?―Put simply, they wanted something, and it is this interior inclination andknowledge of it that marks human action as voluntary.‖ (135)One‘s actions have a purpose.Note: ―It aims, as if trying to hit some target in the future, and it is her desire forthat purpose that ‗causes‘ her to act.‖ (135)[note: we calls this the telos or goal at which the action aims—the ―bull‘s eye‖.Reading the world as an exquisite symphony of movement toward Divinefulfillment (recall, the exitus et reditus principle) takes us to teleology—the logic(i.e. intelligibility) is made clear through understanding the goals or ends of anaction—throughout the cosmos.]So, what ―causes the action is its purpose, its directedness toward a desired end.‖ (135)Fundamental Moral Theology Page 11 of 54Class Notes – Father Michael Seger
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