Clem Lying and Truthfulness

A Thomistic Perspective
Erscheinungsjahr 2023
ISBN: 978-1-009-26142-5
Verlag: Cambridge University Press
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch

In this book, Stewart Clem develops an account of truthfulness that is grounded in the Thomistic virtue of veracitas. Unlike most contemporary Christian ethicists, who narrowly focus on the permissibility of lying, he turns to the virtue of truthfulness and illuminates its close relationship to the virtue of justice. This approach generates a more precise taxonomy of speech acts and shows how they are grounded in specific virtues and vices. Clem's study also contributes to the contemporary literature on Aquinas, who is often classified alongside Augustine and Kant as holding a rigorist position on lying. Meticulously researched, this volume clarifies what set Aquinas's view apart in his own day and how it is relevant to our own. Clem demonstrates that Aquinas's account provides a genuine alternative to rigorist and consequentialist approaches. His analysis also reveals the perennial relevance of Aquinas's thought by bringing it to bear on contemporary social and ethical issues.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Clem, Stewart

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Systematische Theologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik, Moralphilosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religion & Politik, Religionsfreiheit

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction; Lying and Contemporary Christian Ethics: A Thomistic Critique; The Ambiguous Legacy of the Eighth Commandment: 'You Shall Not Bear False Witness'; Aquinas on the Sins of Speech; Aquinas on the Virtue of Veracitas; Lying, Asserting, and Evading: A Linguistic and Moral Analysis; A Thomistic Framework for the Ethics of Lying and Truthfulness; A Thomistic Theory of Bullshit; Conclusion.

Über Autor(innen)

Clem, Stewart
Stewart Clem is Assistant Professor of Moral Theology at Aquinas Institute of Theology.