Morality: The Catholic View
Servais Pinckaers
St. Augustine's Press
Servais Pinckaers's The Sources of Christian Ethics remains one of the most important and formidable works of moral theology of the century. In 1991, Pinckaers published a shorter version entitled La Moral Catholique. St. Augustine's Press has published the first English translation of this shorter work, sponsored in part by the Notre Dame Center for Ethics and Culture. Morality: The Catholic View will include a preface by Alasdair MacIntyre and has been translated by Notre Dame's Father Michael Sherwin, O.P. Pinckaers says in his preface that "Catholic moral teaching is not reserved solely to the faithful of the Roman Church, but reaches out to all the world in two fundamental ways. First, it seeks to interpret the natural law inscribed in every human heart, taking the Ten Commandments as its starting point. Second, because its source is the Gospel, Catholic moral teaching also participates in the universal dynamism that the Spirit confers upon the Word of Christ." MacIntyre agrees in his preface, where he says, "This book will speak to Catholic and non-Catholic Christians alike, and even to non-Christians, opening up dialogue and enriching our shared enquiries." This dedication to a unique moral vision in combination with a commitment to addressing and responding to the broader culture make this work a particularly appropriate project for the Center. We are proud to be a part of making it available in English.
