scholarly journals Natural law as a way to achieve the common good: an interpretation of Thomas Aquinas and John Finnis arguments

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 609-617
Author(s):  
Anton Didikin
Keyword(s):  
Natural Law ◽  
Common Good ◽  
Thomas Aquinas ◽  
Instrumental Approach ◽  
The Common Good ◽  
Decent Life ◽  
Natural Law Theory ◽  
The Common ◽  
John Finnis ◽  
Conceptual Foundations

The paper interprets the arguments of Thomas Aquinas on natural law as a way to achieve the common good, which had a significant impact on John Finnis’ natural law theory. The author reveals the conceptual foundations of J. Finnis’ understanding the morally justified actions of people in the community aimed at the obtaining of basic benefits, and the debatable issues of his theory in modern philosophical and legal research. The author arrives to the conclusion that the reinterpretation of J. Finnis analysis of the grounds for ethically significant actions leads him to formulate an instrumental approach to natural law as a rational way to implement a decent life.

scholarly journals Bien común = Common good

2018 ◽  
pp. 191
Author(s):  
Timothy Murphy
Keyword(s):  
Natural Law ◽  
Common Good ◽  
Thomas Aquinas ◽  
The Common Good ◽  
Natural Law Theory ◽  
The Common

Resumen: Existen varias concepciones o versiones del concepto de bien común. Este artículo trata de presentar un breve repaso de algunas de las más importantes. Se ofrecen ejemplos del bien común en la “nueva” teoría del derecho natural; en los pensamientos liberal y utilitario; y en los pensamientos comunitario, republicano y hegeliano. Así mismo, se añaden algunos comentarios a modo de conclusión.Palabras clave: Bien común, Aristóteles, Santo Tomás de Aquino, “nueva” teoría del derecho natural, utilitarismo, liberalismo, comunitarismo, republicanismo, hegelianismo.Abstract: There are several conceptions or versions of the concept of the common good. This article aims to provide a brief overview of some of the most prominent conceptions. Accounts are offered of the common good in new natural law theory; in liberal and utilitarian thought; and in communitarian, republican, and Hegelian thought. Some commentary is provided in a brief conclusion.Keywords: The common good, Aristotle, St. Thomas Aquinas, new natural law theory, utilitarianism, liberalism, communitarianism, republicanism, Hegelianism.

New Natural Law Theory and the Common Good of the Political Community

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 293-303
Author(s):  
Daniel Mark ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Natural Law ◽  
Common Good ◽  
Group Membership ◽  
Political Community ◽  
The Political ◽  
Human Flourishing ◽  
The Common Good ◽  
The Family ◽  
Natural Law Theory ◽  
The Common

Some critics question new natural law theorists’ conception of the common good of the political community, namely, their interpretation of St. Thomas Aquinas and the conclusion that the political common good is primarily instrumental rather than intrinsic and transcendent. Contrary to these objections, the common good of the political community is primarily instrumental. It aims chiefly at securing the conditions for human flourishing. Its unique ability to use the law to bring about justice and peace and promote virtue in individuals may make the common good of the political community critically important. Nevertheless, it is still not an intrinsic aspect of human flourishing. Unlike the family or a religious group, membership in a political community is not an end in itself.

scholarly journals Thomas Aquinas’ influences inInfanteD. Pedro’ “Virtuosa Benfeitoria”: Scholastic tradition in History and History of Education

2016 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
pp. 9
Author(s):  
Terezinha Oliveira
Keyword(s):  
Common Good ◽  
Thomas Aquinas ◽  
Human Relationships ◽  
The Common Good ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Common ◽  
Social Project ◽  
Methodological Principles ◽  
The One ◽  
The University

The considerations on the book “VirtuosaBenfeitoria” aim atevaluating the relevance of a social project to guide the actions of the ruler and theindividuals, with a view to practical actions that converge to the common good. The infant D. Pedro, also known as the Duke of Coimbra, wrote the work. The central focus of the book is to address the sense of improvement and how the prince should practice and bestow it and how the subjects would receive and practice it. The arguments of D. Pedro to deal with the good and the society are strongly influenced by classical authorities and authors of scholasticism, especially Thomas Aquinas. In this sense, on the one hand our study seeks to show that such knowledge was essential for him to understand the plots that build human relationships, whose premises, to him, should be the ones leading society towards the common good;on the other hand, the goal is to analyze the work we regard as essential theoretical and methodological principles of history that allow us to recover, through memory, historical events that potentially guide us through paths that show the relevance of the Master of the University, as a vector in the organization of a given society. 

The Origins of “Social Justice” in the Natural Law Philosophy of Antonio Rosmini

2018 ◽  
Vol 80 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-29 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert P. Kraynak
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Natural Law ◽  
Common Good ◽  
Social Teaching ◽  
Equal Rights ◽  
Theory Of Justice ◽  
Social Nature ◽  
The Social ◽  
Natural Law Theory ◽  
The Common

Abstract“Social justice” is a powerful idea today, but its origins and meaning are unclear. One of the first to use the term was Antonio Rosmini, author of The Constitution under Social Justice (1848) and other works of moral philosophy. I argue that Rosmini arrived at his idea of social justice by developing Thomistic natural law theory into a novel view of the common good that balances two principles: (1) the equal rights and dignity of persons as ends-in-themselves, a version of “personalism” influenced by Kant and Christianity; and (2) unequal rewards for those who contribute most to society, a version of Aristotelian “proportionalism” based on the social nature of man. I conclude by comparing Rosmini's idea of social justice to John Rawls's “theory of justice” and Catholic social teaching.

Relational Views of Humanness: The Reciprocity of Ontos and Telos

2019 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 224-234
Author(s):  
Marcia Pally
Keyword(s):  
Common Good ◽  
Thomas Aquinas ◽  
Jacques Maritain ◽  
The Common Good ◽  
The Common

This article explores humanity’s ontology of relationality and telos of the common good as not only inseparable but mutually constitutive, drawing on the work of Thomas Aquinas and looking into the debates between Charles De Koninck and Jacques Maritain.

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