Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publication Date
2010
Abstract
Teaching is a profession that places those of us who are teachers into powerful and influential roles. As with any exercise of power, one must learn to wield that power responsibly. It is on this question of responsibility that this workshop focuses its energies. We will look for guidance in the work of the late philosopher/theologian Bernard Lonergan to sort through the ethical dimensions of teaching – raising questions about one‘s attentiveness to the task, one‘s openness to insight, one‘s quality of judgment, and one‘s more or less adequate response to what is valuable. Finally, we will explore how one can understand and value one‘s teaching as an act of love, calling on St. Augustine for inspiration and example.
Recommended Citation
Center for Catholic Studies, Seton Hall University, "Teaching as an Ethical Act" (2010). Center for Catholic Studies Faculty Seminars and Core Curriculum Seminars. 19.
https://scholarship.shu.edu/catholic-studies/19
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Christianity Commons, Practical Theology Commons, Religious Thought, Theology and Philosophy of Religion Commons
