Aquinas: Moral, Political, and Legal Theory
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Aquinas: Moral, Political, and Legal Theory is a major philosophical study by John Finnis that systematically interprets and defends Thomas Aquinas’s views on ethics, politics, and law within the framework of contemporary natural law theory.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Aquinas: Moral, Political, and Legal Theory Context triple: [John Finnis, notableWork, Aquinas: Moral, Political, and Legal Theory]
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The Christian Philosophy of St. Thomas Aquinas
The Christian Philosophy of St. Thomas Aquinas is a major 20th-century study by Étienne Gilson that systematically presents and interprets the philosophical thought of Thomas Aquinas within its Christian theological context.
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B.
Principles of Moral and Political Science
Principles of Moral and Political Science is an influential late-18th-century treatise by Scottish Enlightenment thinker Adam Ferguson that explores the foundations of ethics, civil society, and political order.
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Foundations of Natural Right
Foundations of Natural Right is a seminal philosophical work by Johann Gottlieb Fichte that systematically develops a theory of law, rights, and the state grounded in his transcendental idealism.
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D.
Thomas Hobbes and the Natural Law Tradition
Thomas Hobbes and the Natural Law Tradition is a scholarly work by Norberto Bobbio that analyzes Hobbes’s political philosophy within the framework of natural law theory.
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E.
Commentaries on Thomas Aquinas’s Summa Theologiae
Commentaries on Thomas Aquinas’s Summa Theologiae are influential theological and philosophical lectures by Francisco de Vitoria that helped shape early modern scholasticism and Catholic thought.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Aquinas: Moral, Political, and Legal Theory Target entity description: Aquinas: Moral, Political, and Legal Theory is a major philosophical study by John Finnis that systematically interprets and defends Thomas Aquinas’s views on ethics, politics, and law within the framework of contemporary natural law theory.
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A.
The Christian Philosophy of St. Thomas Aquinas
The Christian Philosophy of St. Thomas Aquinas is a major 20th-century study by Étienne Gilson that systematically presents and interprets the philosophical thought of Thomas Aquinas within its Christian theological context.
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B.
Principles of Moral and Political Science
Principles of Moral and Political Science is an influential late-18th-century treatise by Scottish Enlightenment thinker Adam Ferguson that explores the foundations of ethics, civil society, and political order.
-
C.
Foundations of Natural Right
Foundations of Natural Right is a seminal philosophical work by Johann Gottlieb Fichte that systematically develops a theory of law, rights, and the state grounded in his transcendental idealism.
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D.
Thomas Hobbes and the Natural Law Tradition
Thomas Hobbes and the Natural Law Tradition is a scholarly work by Norberto Bobbio that analyzes Hobbes’s political philosophy within the framework of natural law theory.
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E.
Commentaries on Thomas Aquinas’s Summa Theologiae
Commentaries on Thomas Aquinas’s Summa Theologiae are influential theological and philosophical lectures by Francisco de Vitoria that helped shape early modern scholasticism and Catholic thought.
- F. None of above. chosen
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
book
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philosophical study ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline |
jurisprudence
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moral philosophy ⓘ philosophy ⓘ political philosophy ⓘ theology ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
defend Aquinas’s positions in contemporary debates
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systematically interpret Aquinas’s thought ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
New Natural Law theory
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linked to:
new natural law theory
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| author | John Finnis ⓘ |
| concerns |
foundations of moral norms
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nature and function of law ⓘ nature of political authority ⓘ |
| contributor | John Finnis ⓘ |
| defendsViewOf |
Thomas Aquinas
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linked to:
St. Thomas Aquinas
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| focusesOn |
Aquinas’s legal theory
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Aquinas’s moral theory ⓘ Aquinas’s political theory ⓘ |
| genre |
ethics scholarship
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legal theory ⓘ philosophy ⓘ political theory ⓘ |
| hasPerspective | Catholic natural law tradition ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
scholars of law
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scholars of philosophy ⓘ scholars of theology ⓘ |
| interpretsWorkOf |
Thomas Aquinas
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linked to:
St. Thomas Aquinas
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| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Thomas Aquinas
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linked to:
St. Thomas Aquinas
ethics ⓘ legal philosophy ⓘ natural law theory ⓘ political philosophy ⓘ |
| placesWithinTradition |
Thomistic philosophy
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natural law tradition ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Catholic social thought
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linked to:
Catholic social teaching
moral theology ⓘ natural law jurisprudence ⓘ |
| theoreticalFramework | contemporary natural law theory ⓘ |
| usesMethod |
analytic philosophical argument
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systematic interpretation of Aquinas ⓘ |
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