An Introduction to Catholic Ethics

I bought this book for my granddaughter. It was required reading for her religion class.

The book arrived in a timely fashion and was ordered by my husband.

As expected, no problems

Great gift

This book is well organized and well written. It is one of three that I bought to prepare a short course in our parish. The ethical questions are well handled. I'd recommend it as a basis for any beginning course on this subject.

While a bit stolid and sometimes outdated in terms of examples (eg MASH references) the book covers all the basics clearly. The end-of-chapter selected highlights are very helpful.

Pretty good overview of the Catholic moral tradition by Professor Andrew Peach and Fr. Lucien Longten SJ, longtime theology teacher at Gonzaga High School in Washington DC. It covers everything from Aristotle and Aquinas to more contemporary outlooks in a generally readable fashion. The biggest drawbacks are the dated pop cultural references from the late 1990s and one questionable ethical call on the issue of abortion, where the text departs from Catholic teaching to suggest an acceptable way of letting a pregnancy be terminated. Without denying Catholic teaching on contraception, the text also points out that certain scriptural passages should not be used in reference to contraception, undermining the Catholic teaching a bit. Overall, a pretty good text, but it goes off the rails a bit when it tries to tackle current-day ethical dilemmas

I am using this for my Junior class, and they like it. The questions at the end of each section are very good.