Heteronomous ethics

• What are heteronomous ethics?

  Using the Bible, Church teaching, and our reason to make decisions
• What does the Catholic Church say about heteronomous ethics?


  “To the Church belongs the right always and everywhere to announce moral principles.” - Catechisms
• How do we use our reason to make moral decisions?

  We must deduce secondary precepts from the primary precepts
• Who says conscience has more authority than the Pope?

  John Henry Newman
• What do Protestants say about reason?


  It is required to understand the Bible in an ever-changing world