Los dilemas éticos de la consejería
Year: 2026
Type: preprint
Abstract: The course material for the Christian Ethics for Biblical Counseling seminar integrates three texts that provide the theoretical and practical foundation for pastoral practice when facing complex moral dilemmas. The Leveling Manual (Riffo) establishes the philosophical, biblical, and anthropological foundations of Christian ethics. It distinguishes between ethics and morality, presents classical ethical systems (teleology, deontology, virtue ethics), develops the four premises of Christian ethics as a theological science, and surveys the ethics of the Old and New Testaments. This analysis culminates in an anthropology that simultaneously upholds the human being as the image of God, a fallen creature, and a redeemed one. Dialogue V (Riffo) applies these foundations to real counseling dilemmas: confidentiality that conceals harm, dual relationships that distort judgment, and the limits of the pastoral role when vulnerable third parties are involved. It proposes that Christian ethics is neither purely deontological nor consequentialist, but hierarchical: duties are weighed according to love and the protection of the vulnerable. Schipani, in Camino de Sabiduría, offers a sapiential model as an alternative to Adams's nouthetic approach. He presents counseling as psycho-spiritual care centered on wisdom in the light of God. His framework features a four-dimensional structure (self, world, void, sacred) and an interdisciplinary integration where theology holds conceptual priority over psychology. Together, these texts equip counselors to discern genuine dilemmas, prioritize conflicting duties, recognize the limits of the pastoral role, and provide accompaniment with Christian wisdom.
Author: Leal Ramirez, Sergio
Language: English
Subfield: Religious studies
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7204707612