Aquinas, Natural Law, and Social Ontology: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives [Hardcover]

Introduction??Part 1: Bridging the Gap between Aquinas Social Thought and Contemporary Social Theory??1. Keys to Aquinas Social Ontology? 2. Organic Social Ethics and the Sacredness of the Person: Thomas Aquinas as a Challenge for Sociological Theory??3. Human Intelligence and Artificial Intelligence: The Metaphysical Limits of Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) by the Lights of Aquinas Philosophy of Mind? 4. Thomas Aquinas on the Ontology of Love: unio, complacentia and communication??Part 2: Metaphysics and Theology in Aquinas Social Ontology??5. Ipsum Esse and Catholic Social Teaching? 6. Thomas Aquinas, the Ontology of Relations and the Social Sciences? 7. Participation and Overflowing of Christ's Grace? 8. St. Thomas and the Human Need for Truth??Part 3: Social Ontology at Work: Aquinas Natural Law and Common Good in Perspective??9. Aquinas's Doctrine of Natural Law in the Context of the History of the Discipline? 10. Nature, Equality, and Social Order in Aquinas Thought? 11. The Common Good and Natural Moral Law??Part 4: Economics, Work, and Development??12. Thomas Aquinass Ontological Approach to Economic Activity??13. The Meaning of Work in an Affluent World: What Can We Learn from St. Thomas Aquinas? 14. A Thomistic Ontology of Collective Economic Responsibility: Holding the Invisible Hand to Account? 15. The Ethics of St. Thomas Aquinas: Origins, History, and Importance for Our Times??Part 5: Legal and Political Issues??16. Enfolded in Care: Challenges in Contemporary American Law in light of Thomistic Thought on the Family? 17. Interdependence, Imago Dei, and Common Good: Aquinas on Humility, Mercy, and Charity? 18. Aquinass Contribution to the Ethics of War

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