Moral norms and the forgotten virtue of Epikeia in the pastoral care of the divorced and remarried

The virtue of epikeia is relevant for many issues that arise in contemporary society, including pastoral concerns in our parish communities, among which, a particularly diffcult one is the pastoral care of the divorced and remarried. is article will include two parts. First, I will focus on how the understanding of epikeia developed historically in order to present its various nuances systematically. I will clarify the different nuances of the understanding of this virtue in three key authors representative of the tradition. Second, I will raise a number of questions for the further examination of the issue of the pastoral care of the divorced and remarried.peer-reviewe

Prepare for being old as long as there is still time

The content of the paper concerns the reflection on the responsibility for aging from the individual-ethical point of view, as well as party from the socio-ethical one. In the empirical aspect, there will be presented the science currently particularly important for getting old, namely genetics. In terms of anthropology some values of aging will be considered for human dignity, freedom and historicity. Single ethical realizations concern generations’ contract, learning how to shape time – especially social time – a central task of a family, erotica and sexuality in old age, integration of their own life story and biblical interpretation of these tasks