Doktoranský seminář 2018
The main goal of this seminar is to elucidate the notion of morality and moral agency in Thomas Aquinas, who provided perhaps the most sophisticated moral theory of all medieval thinkers. The interpretation of Aquinas's moral theory is controversial, we will draw especially on the works of Germain Grisez and John Finnis. Additional goal of this seminar is to consider the applicability of Aquinas-Grisez's account of morality in some emerging subfields of ethics.
Primary literature
- ST I-II, q.2 (hapinnes a goal of human life)
- ST I-II, q.6-7 (voluntariness and circumstances)
- ST I-II, q.18 (goodness and malice human acts)
- ST I-II, q. 94 (natural law)
- ST II-II, q. 64 (double effects)
Secondary literture
ČERNÝ, David, Princip dvojího účinku: zabíjení v mezích morálky, 2016
- Overview of various acounts of morality of acts with negative and positive effects, both historical (starting with Thomas Aquinas) and contemporary.
FINNIS, John, "Aquinas' Moral, Political and Legal Philosophy", 2017 [1]
GRISEZ, Germain, “The First Principle of Practical Reason: A Commentary on the Summa Theologiae, 1–2, Question 94, Article 2”, 1965 [2]
GRISEZ, Germain, SHAW, Russell Beyond New Morality: The Reponsibilities of Freedom, 1974/1988
- Brilliant introduction to (a certain conception of) ethics, covering topics such as freedom, fullfillment, basic goods, action, etc.
OSBORNE, Thomas, Human Action in Thomas Aquinas, John Duns Scotus, and William Ockham, 2014
- Lucid comparative study of the topics such as causes of the act, practical reason, stages of the acts and their evaluation.
