Aquinas on Natural Law and the Virtues in Biblical Context
Homosexuality as a Test Case
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 14760310 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Eugene F Rogers (Catholic University of America, corresponding author), Eugene F Rogers Jr |
| Year | 1999 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 29-56 |
| Publication date | 1999-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Religious Ethics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0384-9694 • E-ISSN: 1467-9795 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/0384-9694.00004 |
| OpenAlex | W2170068873 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 4 |
Marriagelike homosexual relationships expose a division among ethicists following Aquinas. Those emphasizing natural law may call such relationships unnatural; those emphasizing the virtues may approve of relationships fostering love and justice. Natural law, the virtues, and homosexuality all show up in Aquinas's Commentary on Romans —untranslated and hardly cited. Romans 1:18 opens a discussion of justice. Verse 20 provides Aquinas's chief warrant for natural law. Verse 26 applies virtue and law to “the vice against nature.“ But Aquinas's account also depends on Paul as an exemplar of virtue and on Aquinas's high regard for the Bible. Aquinas deploys natural law as a mode of biblical exegesis, not an alternative to it. In the De potentia , Aquinas considers how to proceed when nature and Scripture seem to conflict. The account does not settle, but rather makes more room for, dispute
Black letter law · Context (archaeology · Divine law · Economic Justice · Epistemology · Exegesis · Natural (archaeology · Natural law · Political science · Private law · Public law · Theology · Virtue · History · Law · Medieval Philosophy and Theology · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.09 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2015 - 2015 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |