Lying and Truthfulness - A Thomistic Perspective

"This book draws on the thought of Thomas Aquinas to provide an innovative approach to the ethics of lying and truthfulness. It offers a definitive interpretation of Aquinas's thought on the morality of lying, and it makes a novel contribution to theological ethics"--

List of contents

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.

About the author

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

Product details

• Authors: Stewart Clem, Stewart (Aquinas Institute of Theology Clem
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.02.2023
• EAN: 9781009261401
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0926140-1
• No. of pages: 350
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, RELIGION / Religion, Politics & State, RELIGION / Christian Theology / General, RELIGION / Christianity / General, Theology, Christianity, Christian theology, Ethics & moral philosophy, Religion & politics, Ethics and moral philosophy, Religion and Politics