Feminism In Christian Ethics

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Feminism In Christian Ethics

˙In Feminism And Christian Ethics, Lisa Sowle Cahill argues that feminist ethics
has much to offer Catholicism. For one, the main issues that concern feminist ethics are
basically the same ones that make up Catholic identity. That is, how women and men
define themselves in society, what means are available to them for attaining their ends- in
short inter personal and social relations. Second, the founding principles that guide
feminist ethics are rooted in the tradition of natural law, a tradition well known to
Catholicism. So, while the approach of feminist ethics has been to scrutinize traditions
which seek to oppress women by supporting unequal social structures, the guiding
principles behind feminist ethics still remain well lodge in natural law. As Cahill says, it
is in the founding principles of natural law where feminist ethics and Catholicism meet.
And it is also here where lies the main contribution of feminist ethics for the future of
Catholicism. Cahill shows us, how recent studies done on Aquinas’ natural law disclose
that Aquinas based his ethics on very general principles. That is to say, Aquinas
understood the complexity of life, and, unlike what most believe, he was cautious about
generating a rigid ethics that would oppress individuals. Aquinas believed that moral
discourse to be truly ethical must first and most importantly begin with an understanding
of the structures of society and the culture under which individuals live. Hence, Aquinas
looked forward to developing a contextual ethics, and was cautious about generating the
types of absolutes and universal principles that were later integrated into his theology.
Although, Aquinas believed that universals were s...

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