History of Moral Theology - Medieval to Modern

College Wycliffe College
Instructor(s)
Course Code WYH6661HS
NOTE: Basic degree students enrol in WYH3661HS
Semester Second Semester
Section 3101
Online No
Credits One Credit
Location Toronto (St George Campus)
Description

The range is from late Patristic theology to the verge of the Enlightenment by considering the Western Church. We will begin with Ambrose (De officiis) then consider Monastic ethics according to Rules, then Scholastic ethics (Abelard and his opponents), then Canon legal ethics (Gratian and others), Penitential Manual ethics, Thomist 'pastoral' virtue ethics, Franciscan property ethics, responses to folk ethical systems (Saxon, Norse), Voluntarist ethics, Renaissance-humanist ethics (Pico della Mirandola), Early Protestant ethics to Natural Law ethics, Catholic rigorism and manualism.

Schedule Irregular 
Start Time 14:00
End Time 16:00
Hours Per Week 2.5
Minimum Enrolment 10
Maximum Enrolment 20
Schedule Notes

Please note that this is a hybrid course with the in-person components meeting for 2 hours each Tuesday and Thursday from February 24 - March 21. The Tuesday course meetings will be 2pm-4pm and the Thursdays will be 7pm-9pm. 

Means of Evaluation
Other
Currently Offered Winter 2025