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Analysis of Gury's sources for his two principles governing the indirect voluntary both illuminates its historical development and raises questions about its meaning. The historical review reveals not only that Gury relied far more on later theologians than on Thomas Aquinas in formulating his principles, but also that two critical changes in the understanding of the indirect voluntary have created a deceptive appearance of historical continuity regarding double-effect reasoning., MORE THAN A CENTURY AFTER Catholic ethicists first began to debate its effectiveness, the principle of double effect continues to be a bone of contention in moral theology, with periodic [...]

Early Modern theologians Francisco de Vitoria and Leonardus Lessius analyzed the nature and limits of the obligation to preserve one's life through the use of food. Vitoria described the ethical foundations of and the circumstances that might limit such an obligation, while Lessius argued for a virtuous approach to nutrition that eschewed both indifference and excessive concern. Their analyses raise significant questions for contemporary moral theology concerning the scope and difficulties of nutritional ethics., ROMAN CATHOLIC MORAL THEOLOGIANS commonly acknowledge that their 16th- and 17th-century predecessors devoted significant attention to the ethics of preserving human life, and that these early modern analyses eventually gave [...]

A HISTORY OF MORAL THEOLOGY IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY: FROM CONFESSING SINS TO LIBERATING CONSCIENCES. By James F. Keenan, S.J. New York: Continuum, 2010. Pp. viii + 248. $85; $29.95. [...]

Vainglory: The Forgotten Vice. By Rebecca Konyndyk DeYoung. Grand Rapids, Ml: Eerdmans, 2014. Pp. x + 157. $14. In her aptly titled work, philosopher DeYoung draws upon Aquinas, Augustine, and [...]

The Edge of Words: God and the Habits of Language. By Rowan Williams. London: Bloomsbury, 2014. Pp. xiii + 204. $23.99. This product of Williams's 2013 Gifford Lectures approaches natural [...]

CATHOLIC MORAL THEOLOGY IN THE UNITED STATES: A HISTORY. By Charles E. Curran. Moral Traditions Series. Washington: Georgetown University, 2008. Pp. xiii + 353. $59.95; $26.95. 'The United States,' writes [...]