Lying and Truthfulness : A Thomistic Perspective

Name: Lying and Truthfulness : A Thomistic Perspective
Brand: Cambridge University Press

Cambridge University Press

Lying and TruthfulnessA Thomistic Perspective\nAuthor(s): Stewart Clem\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781009261388, 978-1009261388\nSynopsis\nIn this book, Stewart Clem develops an account of truthfulness that is grounded in the Thomistic virtue ofveracitas. Unlike most contemporary Christian ethicists, who narrowly focus on the permissibility of lying, he turns to the virtue of truthfulness and illuminates its close relationship to the virtue of justice. This approach generates a more precise taxonomy of speech acts and shows how they are grounded in specific virtues and vices. Clem's study also contributes to the contemporary literature on Aquinas, who is often classified alongside Augustine and Kant as holding a rigorist position on lying. Meticulously researched, this volume clarifies what set Aquinas's view apart in his own day and how it is relevant to our own. Clem demonstrates that Aqui.