01881cam a22002654a 450000100090000000300040000900500170001300800410003001000170007101500190008801600180010702000300012503500240015503500210017904000300020005000230023008200250025310000330027824500930031126000460040430000210045050400640047150510400053565000400157515326667OSt20251008104714.0150206s2008    miu      b    001 0 eng    a  2008025502  aGBA8B73222bnb7 a0147725182Uk  a9781587432231 (paperback)  a(OCoLC)ocn216937315  a(OCoLC)216937315  aDLCcDLCdYDXdBTCTAdDLC00aBJ1249b.M195 200800a241.042 Mat 20082221 aMattison, William C.,d1971-10aIntroducing moral theology :btrue happiness and the virtues /cWilliam C. Mattison III.  aGrand Rapids, MI :bBrazos Press,cc2008.  a429 p. ;c23 cm.  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 411-417) and index.0 aMorality, happiness, and the "Good life": how do I live my life, and why do I live that way? -- Intentions, good acts, and human freedom -- Why virtues? the moral life as more than actions -- The virtue of temperance: living a passionate moral life -- The virtue of prudence: knowing the truth and living it -- Alcohol and American college life: test case one -- The virtue of justice and justice in waging war -- Using the atom bomb in World War II: test case two -- The virtue of fortitude and the unity of the virtues -- A transition: actions, practices, and big-picture beliefs about the way things are -- The virtue of faith: answering big-picture questions -- Sin: corruption of human happiness -- The virtue of hope: eternity in this life and the next -- Jesus Christ: incarnation and life in Christ -- The virtue of charity: the form of the Christian life -- Grace: the gift of the Holy Spirit for the virtuous life -- Chastity and nonmarital sex: test case three -- Euthanasia: test case four -- Epilogue: praying for virtues. 0aChristian ethicsxCatholic authors.