Virtues Or The Examined Life

This text on the theological and cardinal virtues of the Christian life asks the question: how can believers decide the moral good and live accordingly? It reflects on basic questions of Christian morality, offering a commentary on the corresponding sections of the Catechism of the Catholic Church. The chief characteristic of Christian morality is its being linked to the person of Jesus Christ who is himself the universal, personal, and concrete norm of moral action. This book is about the virtues of the Christian life--both the theological virtues (faith, hope, and charity) and the cardinal virtues (prudence, justice, fortitude, and temperance)--and it deals particularly with the question, how it is possible for believers to decide for the morally good and to live accordingly. Reflecting on the basic questions of Christian morality, the book offers a commentary on the corresponding sections of The Catechism of the Catholic Church.