In order the better to bring out the rich plurality of historical sources within the encompassing and unifying framework of Aquinas' theology of law, this study is articulated around the three main doctrinal influences upon Thomistic thinking about law: the scientific and humanist heritage of Aristoteleanism, the religious proclivity of Stoicism, and the biblical and ecclesiological outlook of the [...] Thomas' theory of law is analyzed from the three perspectives of Aristotelean secular autonomy, Stoic cosmopolitanism, and Augustinian "higher reason." Then the relation of the common good to law in Aquinas is assessed from three similar standpoints: the polls of human history, the natural system of the universe, and the creational conspectus of the civitas Dei. [...] Whereas in the Summa theologiae, for example, the tract on law is situated in the midst of a comprehensive moral theology extending over the whole of the secunda pars, in the see moral problems are treated within an overall legal framework, namely, that of the lex divina. [...] Moreover, the very idea of natural law, as well as the historical continuity of the natural law tradition, is founded on that intuition (which is at bottom but a particular articulation of the intuition of being and its correlate, the principle of identity). [...] In the face of such striking differences of judgment among the most learned authorities on these questions, as well as on the problem of the overall perspective and plan of the see vis-a-vis the Summa theologiae and other works of Aquinas, I decline to take a personal position - except as to the quite particular problem of the different perspectives on law and morality (as they appear especially i
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Table of Contents
- Contents 8
- Preface 10
- Abbreviations 14
- Introduction. Providentia divina and Lex divina: Some Metaphysical Praeambula to the Thomistic Theology of Law 16
- PART ONE. NATURAL RECTITUDE AND RATIONAL ETHICS: THE ARISTOTELEAN LEGACY 28
- 1 The Inner Hierarchy and the Autonomous Rule of Reason 30
- 2 The Common Good: The Political Dimension 36
- 3 Scientific Status of the Natural Law 42
- A. Introduction to the Problem 42
- B. The Cognitional Aspect of the Problem 52
- C. The Operative Aspect of the Problem 68
- D. The Dilemma of Pure Ethical Reason 72
- PART TWO. RELIGION AND NATURAL RECTITUDE: THE CICERONIAN HERITAGE 76
- 4 The Outer Hierarchy and Moral Heteronomy 78
- 5 The Transcendent Natural Legality of the Cosmic Common Good 89
- 6 Scientific Status of the Natural Law in the Perspective of Religion 100
- A. Operational Aspect: The Supreme Moral "Virtus" 100
- B. Cognitive Aspect in the Religious Perspective 103
- C. Remaining Dilemma: The Inadequacy of Natural Religion 108
- PART THREE. THE FULLNESS OF NATURAL RECTITUDE 112
- 7 The Rule of Christian Reason 114
- 8 Scientific Status of the Natural Law in the Light of Christian Faith 121
- A. Cognitional Aspect: Lex naturalis "a principio superiori movente" 122
- B. Operative Aspect of Christian Legality 143
- 9 Lex Naturalis Christiana: Resolution of the Scientific Dilemma of Higher Natural Law 155
- A. The Problem of Individual Instruction: The Private Pedagogy of Inspiration in the Holy Spirit and Angelic Illumination 156
- B. The Social and Public Dimension of Natural Law Dispensation: Ecclesiastical Tradition, Apostolic Authority and the Moral Magisterium 163
- Conclusion. Rectitudo Naturalis and Lex Divina 171
- Appendix 1. lus and Lex in Aquinas 180
- Appendix 2. Synderesis in Aquinas 190
- Bibliography 194
- I. Texts of St. Thomas Aquinas 194
- II. Other Primary Sources 197
- III. Select Secondary Studies 198
- Index of Authors and of Writings 210
- A 210
- B 210
- C 210
- D 210
- E 210
- F 210
- G 210
- H 210
- I 210
- J 210
- K 210
- L 210
- M 210
- N 210
- O 210
- P 210
- R 211
- S 211
- T 211
- U 211
- V 211
- W 211
- Subject Index 212
- A 212
- B 213
- C 213
- D 214
- E 214
- F 215
- G 216
- H 216
- I 217
- J 217
- K 217
- L 218
- M 218
- N 219
- O 220
- P 220
- Q 222
- R 222
- S 223
- T 224
- U 225
- V 225
- W 225
- Z 225
