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August 11, 2025ethic - An international Journal for Moral Phylosophy0 citationsOpen Access

On the role of prudence in the virtue ethics of Thomas Aquinas

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FMFrancesco Malaguti

Key Points

  • Prudence plays a vital role in Thomas Aquinas's understanding of virtue ethics, connecting it to moral decision-making in various contexts.
  • The study emphasizes how Aquinas's views on prudence reflect a blend of ancient philosophy and Christian thought, primarily influenced by Aristotle.
  • Analysis of the relationship between prudence and the cardinal virtues highlights its foundational importance in Aquinas's ethical framework.
  • Exploring prudence in Aquinas's works opens avenues for deeper understanding of virtue ethics in medieval and modern moral philosophy.

Abstract

The paper is about the ethics of Thomas Aquinas, and focuses especially on the concept of Prudence, one of the four cardinal virtues according to Christian thought. The study considers the debt of the medieval philosopher to ancient philosophy (especially Aristotle) and the previous authorities of the Christian intellectual tradition, reconstructing Aquinas’ conception of Prudence.

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Francesco Malaguti (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68a35eeb0a429f7973327ddfhttps://doi.org/10.5007/1677-2954.2025.e107711
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