13 May 2019
Voluntarism & Plato vs Aristotle
From Jack - Charles, I am studying philosophy in a seminary. I’ve started to notice that the whole philosophy program here is built around a certain narrative or perspective, which is that the rise of voluntarism in the Middle Ages all the way to today has led to our modern moral situation. The opposite approach which we need to get back to is the teleology of Aquinas. Do you think this narrative correct and is the best way for us to understand the decline of ethics over the centuries?
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