Background
Wadell, Paul Joseph was born on March 1, 1951 in Louisville. Son of James William and Dorothy Jane Wadell.
( Friendship and the Moral Life is not simply a theoretic...)
Friendship and the Moral Life is not simply a theoretical argument about how moral theology might be done if it took friendship more seriously. Rather, the book exhibits how without friendship, our lives are morally not worth living. The book begins with a consideration of why a new model of the moral life is needed. Wadell then examines the ethics of Aristotle, who viewed the moral life as based on a specific understanding of the purpose of being human, with friendship being an important factor in enabling people to acquire virtues necessary for achieving this purpose. Through the thought of Augustine, Aelred of Reivaulx, and Karl Barth, the question is raised whether friendship is at odds with Christian love or whether their relation depends on one's narrative account of friendship. Thomas Aquinas' understanding of charity as friendship with God is examined to clarify this relationship. By locating friendship within the story of God's redemption through Christ, Wadell helps us see why friendship properly understood is integral to the Christian life and not at odds with it. Such a friendship draws us to love all others who seek God and teaches us not to restrict our concern to a special few in preferential love. The book closes by investigating how friendship as a model for the moral life might work in everyday life.
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Wadell, Paul Joseph was born on March 1, 1951 in Louisville. Son of James William and Dorothy Jane Wadell.
Bachelor in English, Bellarmine College, 1973. Master of Divinity, Catholic Theological University, 1978. Master of Arts in Theology, Catholic Theological University, 1980.
Doctor of Philosophy in Theology, University Notre Dame, 1985.
Assistant professor ethics, Catholic Theological University, Chicago, 1984-1990; associate professor ethics, Catholic Theological University, Chicago, 1990-1994; professor ethics, Catholic Theological University, Chicago, since 1994. Member of advisory board Fordham University Press, New York City, since 1994.
( Friendship and the Moral Life is not simply a theoretic...)
Member Society Christian Ethics, Catholic Theological Society of America.