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I could use some help. I teach at a Catholic High School. I'm in a situation where I don't really have much support as far as resources go. I teach a course on justice. I really don't care for the textbook-it's too agenda drive (it's written from a very New Deal, Great Society sort of perspective-which is OK by me, but it's presented as if it's the only way to go, and my understanding of Catholic social teaching tells me that there is room for variety of approaches to dealing with issues of social justice). So, I've decided to depart from the textbook and use other resources that I believe are more balanced. One of the things I'm doing is having a few lectures on virtue. Does anyone have any suggestions for resources that deal with the acquisition/cultivation of virtue from a Catholic perspective?
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Ryan
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Ryan, Just saw your post... You might consider the Compendium of Catholic Social Teaching http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/p...ott-soc_en.html#SECRETARIAT%20OF%20STATEThis is available in print form. You might consider taking sections out of this for the purpose of discussion. You could develop questions and activities around the teachings. (Such as news articles and having the students apply these principles to their analysis of the story and the issues.) Just a thought... God bless, Gordo
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Gordo:
I use that resource quite a bit. I have a copy of it. At the beginning of the school year, I used it to introduce the students to the four fundamentals of Catholic social teaching: the dignity of the human person, the common good, subsidiarity, and solidarity. It makes a few references to the cultivation/acquisition of virtue. I'm looking for something a bit more extensive on that particular question, but, given that I'm dealing with high school students, it could be that gleaning bits from various sources may suffice.
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Ryan
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If you are gleaning, you may want to take some from Plato or Aristotle. How they approach the question of "what is just" can be a springboard for good thinking on the subject.
Terry
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