In this general introduction, Monsignor William Smith discusses the principles fundamental to Moral Theology – principles located in Sacred Scripture, clarified by Sacred Tradition, and taught by the Magisterium of...

Monsignor William Smith focuses on sound morals as the fruit of sound doctrine which, in turn, has its source in God’s Revelation. “The Fundamentals of Moral Theology” is a ten-part...

Monsignor William Smith, in discussing the foundations of Catholic Moral Theology, draws on the teaching of Saint Thomas Aquinas on human acts and examines the elements and implications of the...

Monsignor William Smith traces the current trend toward situation ethics and explains the norm of external morality, or law, as fundamental to Moral Theology. Monsignor gives an examination of several...

Monsignor William Smith elucidates the internal norm of morality, or conscience. He outlines its nature and function while making distinctions between the correct, certain, erroneous, and doubtful conscience. “The Fundamentals...

Monsignor William Smith explains the fact that the non-answers of a pastoral solution that address questions of right and wrong in terms of subjective guilt for actions that are objectively...

In the domain of medical ethics, Monsignor William Smith defines medical, moral and legal applications of ‘ordinary and extra-ordinary means.’ He warns against the current use of word-play for the...

Monsignor William Smith applies the principles of Moral Theology to the Right to Life and to the connection between self-defense, capital punishment, and the just war. “The Fundamentals of Moral...

Monsignor William Smith, lecturing on human sexuality in the context of virtue, renders an understanding of the dimension of love and life in human sexuality within the covenant of marriage....