What results does this focus on theology have for politics in the Medieval understanding of Thomistic ethics?

Thomas Aquinas: Ethics and Morality Has to have topic statement • Address the foundational ideas for Aquinas’ understanding above in less detail than if you were focusing on that question. • What are some of the ways that Christian virtue ethicists differ from Aristotle’s virtue ethics? • Highlight the question of how Aquinas thinks faith […]

Explain the Golden Mean and how individuals gain the ability over time to rightly judge what good moral behavior is.

Aristotle: Virtue Ethics Has to have topic statement. On Virtue Ethics • Describe the acorn/oak tree analogy as relevant to Aristotle’s virtue ethics. • What is the ultimate goal that Aristotle thinks all action aims at? • What are external goods? Provide examples and an explanation of their value. • What are internal goods? Provide […]