Ethics: Eudaimonism – “Aquinas at 800” Conference

Описание: Chair: Peter Harrigan | Doctoral Student in Philosophy, University of Notre Dame

The Apparent Contradiction of Self-Love in Thomas Aquinas
Machessa Samz | Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Nazareth University

Is self-perfection self-enclosed? Aquinas on Likeness as a Cause of Love
Jane Spencer | Doctoral Student in Philosophy, The Catholic University of America

Loving the Good for Its Own Sake: Thomistic Eudaimonism Reconsidered
Nicholas Ogle | John and Daria Barry Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Pennsylvania


This conference celebrates the 800th anniversary of the birth of Thomas Aquinas, exploring the ongoing importance of his thought to contemporary cultural, philosophical, and theological discussions.

The comprehensive and systematic character of Aquinas’ thought has for centuries informed inquiry into questions of human dignity, freedom, economic development, work, poverty, the environment, and other issues of global significance.

In gathering many of the most accomplished contemporary scholars of Aquinas’ thought from throughout the world working on themes in Ethics, Metaphysics, Epistemology, Anthropology, Political Theory, Christology, Trinitarian Theology, Sacramental Theology and Ecclesiology, among others, the conference promotes fruitful interchange of diverse perspectives on the importance of Aquinas in the world today.

Jacques Maritain Center
https://maritain.nd.edu