Moral Reasoning And The Virtue Of Prudence

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The Dominican Father Thomas Pegues discusses St. Thomas Aquinas’ Treatise on the Cardinal Moral Virtues (Summa Theologica II-II, 47-170), which are prudence, justice,

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In this paper I argue for the prudence dependency thesis by isolating moral practice from all reliance on prudence. The result is that in the actual world in which we live one cannot be

Here Aquinas tells us: All other intellectual virtues can exist without moral virtue, but there cannot be prudence without moral virtue. The reason for this is that prudence is right reasoning about

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Thomas Aquinas holds not only that prudence, the virtue of right practical reasoning, is necessary for living well, but emphatically asserts that it “is the virtue most

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Conversely, the other intellectual virtues can exist without moral virtue, but prudence cannot. In Thomas’ own words, “The reason for this is that prudence is right reason with respect to what

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Turning her attention to Prudence’s interest in virtue ethics, Cassia shared her concerns. “While the focus on personal growth and self-cultivation is admirable, virtue ethics leaves much room for subjectivity and ambiguity. Different people

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