Introduction :
Benedict Ashley's intellectual biography and theological methodology / Matthew McWhorter
Foundations in the philosophy of nature :
What is moral theology?
An integrated Christian view of the human person
Contemporary understanding of personhood
What is the natural law?
Elements of a Catholic conscience
Moral inconsistency and fruitful public debate
Autonomy and the common good
Natural philosophy and moral theology : continuity in the thought of Benedict Ashely OP / commentary by Rev. Cajetan Cuddy, OP
The magisterium and method :
The documents of Catholic identity
The development of moral doctrine
Does the Splendor of Truth shine on bioethics?
Papal infallibility
The Church, teacher of conscience : Catholic teaching on conscience formation / commentary by Matthew K. Minerd
Moral theology and life issues :
Nature as a basis of medical ethics
Abortion and delayed hominization
Abortion and the Hyde Amendment
Cloning, Aquinas, and the embryonic person / Rev. Benedict Ashely, OP, and Rev. Albert Moraczewski, OP
The family in church and society
Pornography and the American family
The medical directive
Faith and reason at the beginning and end of life / commentary by Rev. Nicanor Pier Giorgio Austriaco, OP
Index.