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...

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Main Author: Ryan, Fainché (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sciendo [2019]
In: European journal for the study of Thomas Aquinas
Year: 2019, Volume: 37, Issue: 1, Pages: 35-48
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.
ISSN:2657-3555
Contains:Enthalten in: European journal for the study of Thomas Aquinas
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.2478/ejsta-2019-0003