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Aquinas on the Final Purpose of Human Existence and Human Prudence

Thu, Nov 19

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Stumberg Hall

Join Father White as he leads us to look at prudence (ethical reasoning) from this particular perspective: as a virtue that is connected with the final end of the human person, and an authentic sense of human freedom.

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Aquinas on the Final Purpose of Human Existence and Human Prudence
Aquinas on the Final Purpose of Human Existence and Human Prudence

Time & Location

Nov 19, 2020, 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM

Stumberg Hall, 3206 Fairfax Walk, Austin, TX 78705, USA

About The Event

If the human being has a natural desire to see God, Christianity promises a philosophically defensible goal: to build up friendship with God in this life, to see God face to face in the next. While this is a remarkable religious claim, Aquinas also believes it is deeply interconnected with our day to day life and experience. In other words, our ability to identify true freedom and to live happily in friendship and justice with others without compromising our integrity as reasonable human beings is connected to our openness to God and our willingness to avoid "settling" in life for too little. In this online lecture, Father White will help us look at prudence (ethical reasoning) from this particular perspective: as a virtue that is connected with the final end of the human person, and an authentic sense of human freedom.

About our guest speaker

Rev. Thomas Joseph White, O.P.

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