Thomas Aquinas on Sexual Pleasure

A key to understanding the sexual ethics of Thomas Aquinas is his position that spouses sin whenever their purpose in having intercourse is the pleasure of it. The pleasure itself, Thomas declares, is not sinful, but necessary, natural and good. Nevertheless, it cannot be rational man's intende...

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Main Author: Milhaven, John Giles (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell 1977
In: Journal of religious ethics
Year: 1977, Volume: 5, Issue: 2, Pages: 157-181
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