Aquinas at 800 - Papers from the 2024 Notre Dame Conference: Revisiting Human Law's Capacity to Cultivate Moral Virtue
This article offers a new perspective on the topic of human-made law's capacity to cultivate moral virtue by focusing on two questions. First, is cultivating an individual's virtue part of the goal of law or only a concomitant effect? Secondly, can our laws play a constructive role in fost...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2025
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European journal for the study of Thomas Aquinas
Year: 2025, Volume: 43, Issue: 1, Pages: 16-37 |
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| Summary: | This article offers a new perspective on the topic of human-made law's capacity to cultivate moral virtue by focusing on two questions. First, is cultivating an individual's virtue part of the goal of law or only a concomitant effect? Secondly, can our laws play a constructive role in fostering virtues beyond discouraging vices? To the first question, I will intervene in the debate between John Finnis and his interlocutors over the nature of the common good. To the second question, I will show how human law can contribute to key aspects of growth in virtue and thereby poise us to develop habits. |
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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-2025-0002 |
