Abstract

Early on in the volume, Elders acknowledges the methodological difficulty of talking about the moral philosophy of Aquinas, given that St. Thomas is first of all a theologian. Yet, as a theologian in addressing moral issues, Thomas works within the framework of natural reason, much in the manner of Aristotle and the Stoics. Elders finds it impossible to render faithfully the ethics of Aquinas without delving into his philosophical anthropology, and even deeper into his metaphysics.