Abstract
Current political and social climate seems to have as a presupposition the view that truth-telling has a merely instrumental value. This paper will explore Thomas Aquinas’ writing on truth and truth-telling, arguing that truth-telling is an intrinsic good, a human virtue and a component of human flourishing. In Aquinas’ view the virtue of truth-telling is a satellite virtue within the cardinal virtue of justice, and as such imperative for the flourishing of human society.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ejsta-2019-0003 | Journal eISSN: 2657-3555
Language: English
Page range: 35 - 48
Submitted on: Dec 18, 2018
Accepted on: Mar 14, 2019
Published on: Jun 26, 2019
Published by: Thomas Institute of Utrecht
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year
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