Ethics - Theology notes cont………

The cognitional theory of Bernard Lonergan - Jesuit Priest famous theologian especially in moral theology is buried in Guelph (I was there during the seminar at Guelph University where I went to visit my old friend who died. Since then another good friend and mentor died from COVID). Lonergan offered a practical approach to ethics - when we discern we need to look at the whole notion of 1. Experience is the beginning of knowledge 2. Assume that there is “something out there” that can be known. 3. Understanding - “to see into it”. When we? We trust our God. Understanding puts the separate parts of the data into some kind of order so we can begin to grasp the whole of what is given. In grappling with this we come to insight; A new way of seeing what we have experienced. Is it so? The adequacy of truth. Does our understanding reflect reasonably the reality of what we have experienced? To answer these questions is to make a judgement necessary for deciding and acting. 4. Continuing refinement. No separation of the knowing subject from the object known. Tomorrow I shall be attending a seminar on Moral Distress, Burn Out and additional burden COVID 19. Feel free to always share your views.