Truth Matters: Living in Dangerous Times - Aquinas on the Virtue of Truth-Telling
Current political and social climate seems to have as a presupposition the view that truth-telling has a merely instrumental value. This paper will explore Thomas Aquinas' writing on truth and truth-telling, arguing that truth-telling is an intrinsic good, a human virtue and a component of huma...
| Published in: | European journal for the study of Thomas Aquinas |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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[2019]
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European journal for the study of Thomas Aquinas
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| IxTheo Classification: | KAE Church history 900-1300; high Middle Ages KDB Roman Catholic Church NCA Ethics |
| Further subjects: | B
Lying
B Fake News B Human Flourishing B Virtue Ethics B Truth |
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| Summary: | Current political and social climate seems to have as a presupposition the view that truth-telling has a merely instrumental value. This paper will explore Thomas Aquinas' writing on truth and truth-telling, arguing that truth-telling is an intrinsic good, a human virtue and a component of human flourishing. In Aquinas' view the virtue of truth-telling is a satellite virtue within the cardinal virtue of justice, and as such imperative for the flourishing of human society. |
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| ISSN: | 2657-3555 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: European journal for the study of Thomas Aquinas
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2478/ejsta-2019-0003 |