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Title: Building Your Own Conscience (Batteries Not Included) by William J., S.J. O'Malley, William J. Omalley ISBN: 0-7829-0112-3 Publisher: Thomas More Publishing Pub. Date: 01 April, 1992 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.75

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Average Customer Rating: 2.5 (2 reviews)

Rating: 1
Summary: Noble but Sophomoric Effort
Comment: Rev. William J. O'Malley, S.J. has involved himself with literature, drama, and morality as a teacher, primarily in Jesuit secondary institutions of learning. This textbook is alone, to my knowledge, in it's attempt to address morality to secondary students on the basis of natural law theory, a product of Aristotelian and Thomistic epistemology. He maintains that moral decisions can be grounded on reason rather than revelation or authority. The text lacks either bibliography or index but a teacher's manual is published which, alas, also lacks bibliography or index. The Table of Contents includes an Introduction followed by three major sections: Morality in General, Relationship With Oneself, and Relationship with others. Each section is sub-divided into chapters covering various topics, each chapter introduced by a survey, a fable (of O'Malley's authorship), a brief reading (excerpted from various authors) , a thematic exposition, a dilemma, a faith reflection (including references to the Bible), review and discussion questions and suggested activities.

Entertaining as the text is, it was publised more than ten years ago and has not been revised. It is a noble but flawed effort in that it glosses over, with bravura panache, the assumptions behind natural law theory and the philosophical issues inherent in natural law theory.

Fr. O'Malley has, perhaps, built his own conscience on that foundation, but as the title suggests, everyone builds their own conscience. His text does not persuade me to build my conscience on his assumptions.

Rating: 4
Summary: Good start for anyone looking to learn more about morality
Comment: This book is a very good, junior high to high school level textbook concerning morality. Its modern approach gives a realistic basis for morality. Although presented from a Christian perspective, any religion will find its message worthwhile.

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