Bernard Hoose lectures in Christian Ethics at Heythrop College, University of London, UK.  His publications include Proportionalism: The American Debate and its European Roots, (Georgetown University Press) 1987, Received Wisdom? Reiewing the Role of Tradition in Christian Ethics (Geoffrey Chapman, 1994).  He is editor of Christian Ethics: An Introduction (Cassell, 1998), Authority in the Roman Catholic Church (Ashgate, 2002) and Authority in Roman Catholicism (Matthew James, 2002).  He presently serves on the Theology Commission of Caritas-Social Action.