‘What-To-Do?’: The Heart of Lonergan’s Ethics

Authors

  • Philip McShane Mt St. Vincent University

Keywords:

Deliberation, Consent, What Questions, Planning, What-To-Do Questions, Bernard Lonergan

Abstract

Philip McShane explores the implications of Bernard Lonergan’s compacted account of ‘what questions’ and ‘what-to-do questions’ for understanding deliberation. The essay provides a fascinating and instructive glimpse into McShane’s own long-continued struggle and dialogue with Lonergan’s achievement.

Author Biography

Philip McShane, Mt St. Vincent University

Philip McShane, President of The Society for the Globalization of Effective Means of Evolving (SGEME) is a frequent contributor to JMDA, editor of Bernard Lonergan’s For a New Political Economy and Phenomenology and Logic, and the author of numerous books, most recently Bernard Lonergan: His Life and Leading Ideas (with Pierrot Lambert) and Method in Theology: Revisions and Implementations. His many essay series can be accessed at http://www.philipmcshane.ca

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Published

2013-06-03

Issue

Vol. 7 (2012): Ethics and Functional Collaboration

Section

Articles