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Contents Previous Publication ix Abbreviations xv Introduction Universal Considerations Chapter 1. Wisdom and Human Life: The Natural and the Supernatural 7 Chapter 2. Wisdom as Foundational Ethical Theory in St. Thomas Aquinas 32 Chapter 3. St. Thomas, Metaphysics, and Human Dignity 58 Chapter 4. Truth and Happiness 68 Chapter 5. Antimodern, Ultramodern, Postmodern: A Plea for the Perennial 85 Chapter 6. Is Thomas Aquinas a Spiritual Hedonist? 99 Chapter 7. Is Liberty the Criterion in Morals? 117 The Will and Its Act Chapter 8. The Real Distinction between Intellect and Will 125 Chapter 9. St. Thomas, James Keenan, and the Will 151 Chapter 10. St. Thomas and the Causes of Free Choice 175 Chapter 11. St. Thomas and the First Cause of Moral Evil 186 v vi Contents Natural Law Chapter 12. St. Thomas, Our Natural Lights, and the Moral Order 199 Chapter 13. Jacques Maritain and the Philosophy of Cooperation 213 Chapter 14. Natural Law and the First Act of Freedom: Maritain Revisited 221 Chapter 15. Jean Porter on Natural Law: Thomistic Notes 242 Legal Justice Chapter 16. St. Thomas, the Common Good, and the Love of Persons 271 Chapter 17. St. Thomas, John Finnis, and the Political Good 279 Chapter 18. Thomas Aquinas, Gerard Bradley, and the Death Penalty 312 Chapter 19. Death in the Setting of Divine Wisdom: The Doctrine of St. Thomas Aquinas 326 Chapter 20. Suicide as a Belligerent Tactic: Thomistic Reflections 336 Various Virtues Chapter 21. Jacques Maritain, St. Thomas, and the Philosophy of Religion 349 Chapter 22. Philosophy and Spirituality: Cultivating a Virtue 358 Chapter 23. St. Thomas and the Ontology of Prayer 365 Chapter 24. St. Thomas, Lying, and Venial Sin 374 Chapter 25. Communion with the Tradition: For the Believer Who Is a Philosopher 387 [35.173.181.0] Project MUSE (2024-03-29 09:48 GMT) Contents vii Methodological Postscript Chapter 26. ‘‘Obiectum’’: Notes on the Invention of a Word 403 Chapter 27. St. Thomas and Moral Taxonomy 444 Notes Bibliography Index ...