Double-Effect Reasoning from Jean Pierre Gury to Peter Knauer

Theological Studies

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 297-316

  Kaczor, Christopher ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84994860045     PISSN: 00405639     EISSN: 21691304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/004056399805900206     Document Type: Article

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4. See also John Finnis, Historical Consciousness and Theological Foundations, Etienne Gilson Series 14 (Toronto: Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, 1992).
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65. For a short summary of the difference between and relative influence of these two styles of manuals, see Todd Salzman, Deontology and Teleology: An Investigation of the Normative Debate in Roman Catholic Moral Theology (Leuven: Peeters, 1995) 414-17.