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Virtual Colloquium on Thomas Aquinas and Natural Law
Saturday, January 29, 2022 09:00 to 12:45 Event Meeting Link will be provided after registration
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Saturday, January 29, 2022 09:00 to 12:45
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The VIrtual Colloquium on Thomas Aquinas and Natural Law is organized by the Notre Dame Beijing Global Gateway, Jacques Maritain Center at Notre Dame, and the Thomistic Institute at the Angelicum.
Date and time: 9:10 AM – 12:45 PM, Saturday, January 29, 2022 (China Standard Time)
Location: Zoom
Agenda:
9:10-9:15 AM Welcome
9:15-10:15 AM (45 minutes of presentation + 15 minutes of Q&A)
Speaker: Professor John O'Callaghan (University of Notre Dame)
Title: What is Natural Law in Aquinas? An Introduction
Language: English
10:15-10:30 AM Zoom break
10:30-11:30 AM (45 minutes of presentation + 15 minutes of Q&A)
Speaker: Professor Longfei Xu (Peking University)
Title: Analysis on the Structure and Meaning of Thomas Aquinas’ Philosophy of Law
Language: Chinese
11:30-11:45 AM Zoom break
11:45 AM-12:45 PM (45 minutes of presentation + 15 minutes of Q&A)
Speaker: Dr. Lingchang Gui (Huazhong University of Science and Technology)
Title: Hierarchies of Goods and Sins According to Aquinas’ Natural Law Theory
Language: Chinese
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Welcome
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What is Natural Law in Aquinas? An Introduction
Natural law is an idea that Aquinas inherits from ancient Greek and Roman stoicism, for whom the universe exhibited a rational order discernible by reason. However, Aquinas adds that this rational order of the universe is a result of a divine creative act, giving expression to God’s eternal law and providence over creation. According to Aquinas, the natural law for human beings is a participation of human beings as rational creatures in this eternal law of God; in virtue of that participation as rational creatures, human beings are “provident over themselves and others.” The natural law bears upon the fundamental inclinations of being human, inclinations that direct human beings to properly human actions and ends. While God’s creative act provides an ontological explanation for the existence and character of the natural law, epistemic access to the existence of God is not presupposed to our practical knowledge of the natural law, which may be known to all human beings.
John O'Callaghan
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Analysis on the Structure and Meaning of Thomas Aquinas' Philosophy of Law
I. Introduction - Methodology 1. Framework - an overview of basic literature, basic concepts, and basic academic sources 2. Theology and philosophy as the metaphysical foundations of Aquinas' philosophy of law and political thought on the State II. Aquinas' Philosophy of Law and Political Thought on the State 1. Framework - from philosophy of theology to philosophy of law 1.1 Natural reason as the foundation of natural law 1.2 Theological and ethical foundations of natural law and political thought on the State 1.3 Philosophy of theology as a metaphysical demonstration of human freedom 1.4 Practical philosophy as a demonstration of natural ethics and positive law 2. Essence of philosophy of law and political thought on the State in the framework of philosophy of theology 2.1 lex aeterna as the source, purpose, and ultimate guarantee of all laws 2.2 lex naturalis as a direct product of natural reason 2.3 lex humana as the law established by humans 2.4 lex divina as the law of the covenant 2.5 Relationship between natural law and divine law in the historical dimension 2.6 Justice and its three forms 2.7 Ethics and political philosophy and political thought on the State III. Conclusion
Longfei Xu
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Hierarchies of Goods and Sins According to Aquinas' Natural Law Theory
Aquinas' natural law thought contains a set of basic goodness, such as survival, reproduction, and the pursuit of truth, so is there a hierarchical relationship among these goodnesses? If so, how did Aquinas construct this hierarchical relationship? Similarly, Aquinas differentiated different types of sins, each with a different degree of severity. How is this degree of severity prescribed by Aquinas? Is there an inherent connection between the hierarchy of good and the hierarchy of evil or sin? This lecture attempts to give a preliminary answer to these questions through a close examination of the relevant texts of Aquinas.
Lingchang Gui
Notre Dame Beijing Global Gateway, Jacques Maritain Center at Notre Dame, Thomistic Institute at the Angelicum
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