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Introducing Moral Theology: True Happiness and the Virtues is unavailable, but you can change that!

Whether in the cafeteria, classroom, or dorm lounge, questions abound on college campuses. Not only do students grapple with existential issues but they also struggle with ethical ones such as “Why be moral?” In Introducing Moral Theology, William Mattison addresses this question as well as grapples with the impact that religious belief has on day-to-day living. Structured in two parts, this...

But our actions do not only impact the world around us; they also impact our very selves. Our actions shape who we are.4 By performing certain acts, we shape the sorts of persons we are, for good or bad. In the above example of picking up books, if the young man acts for the purpose of being generous, it helps to make him a more generous person. He is a different person than he was before the act, since now he is more considerate. If he had helped the young woman simply to look compassionate in the
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