1st Edition
Aquinas, Natural Law, and Social Ontology Historical and Contemporary Perspectives
Introduction Helen Alford, Ana Marta González, and Riccardo Pozzo
Part 1: Bridging the Gap between Thomas Aquinas’ Social Thought and Contemporary Social Theory
1. Keys to Thomas Aquinas’ Social Ontology Ana Marta González
2. Organic Social Ethics and the Sacredness of the Person: Thomas Aquinas as a Challenge for Sociological Theory Hans Joas
3. Human Intelligence and Artificial Intelligence: The Metaphysical Limits of Artificial General Intelligence by the Lights of Aquinas’ Philosophy of Mind Gyula Klima
4. Thomas Aquinas on the Ontology of Love: unio, complacentia and communicatio Yoshihisa Yamamoto
Part 2: Metaphysics and Theology in Thomas Aquinas’ Social Ontology
5. Ipsum Esse and Catholic Social Teaching Robert Barron
6. Thomas Aquinas, the Ontology of Relations and the Social Sciences Pierpaolo Donati
7. Participation and Overflowing of Christ's Grace Marcelo Sánchez Sorondo
8. St. Thomas and the Human Need for Truth Franca d’Agostini
Part 3: Social Ontology at Work: Thomas Aquinas’ Natural Law and Common Good in Perspective
9. Aquinas's Doctrine of Natural Law in the Context of the History of the Discipline Vittorio Hösle
10. Nature, Equality, and Social Order in Aquinas’ Thought Jean Porter
11. The Common Good and Natural Moral Law Francesco Botturi
Part 4: Economics, Work, and Development
12. Thomas Aquinas’s Ontological Approach to Economic Activity Pierre Januard
13. The Meaning of Work in an Affluent World: What Can We Learn from St. Thomas Aquinas? Mary L. Hirschfeld
14. A Thomistic Ontology of Collective Economic Responsibility: Holding the Invisible Hand to Account Albino Barrera
15. The Ethics of St. Thomas Aquinas: Origins, History, and Importance for Our Times Jeffrey D. Sachs
Part 5: Legal and Political Issues
16. “Enfolded in Care”: Challenges in Contemporary American Law in light of Thomistic Thought on the Family Elizabeth R. Kirk
17. Interdependence, Imago Dei, and Common Good: Aquinas on Humility, Mercy, and Charity Mary M. Keys
18. Aquinas’s Contribution to the Ethics of War Gregory M. Reichberg
Biography
Ana Marta González is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Navarra, Spain, and an ordinary member of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences. She is the editor of Contemporary Perspectives on Natural Law (Routledge, 2008) and the author of monographs on Aquinas, Kant, and Hume. She has contributed to Democracy and Morality (2024) and Challenging Modernity (2024).
