This book seeks to provide a complete moral philosophy based on St. Thomas’ moderate realism. The first part deals with the principles or ‘theory’ according to the final cause, efficient cause, material cause and formal cause. Setting aside grace, it concerns the ultimate end, or happiness as intended; the will and the human act as the principal efficient or moving cause and subject; the sense appetites as the secondary moving and material causes, the intrinsic formal causes which are the habits in the will and sense appetites; and law as the extrinsic formal principle of all human behaviour. The second part deals with the four cardinal virtues and all virtues under them, setting aside the theological virtues, and adding as a fifth section a more detailed treatment of happiness as effected.
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Donald G Boland, Ll. B., Ph. D., is a founding member of the Centre for Catholic Studies Inc. in Sydney, Australia, and served as its president. He practiced for a number of years as a lawyer having a degree in law from the University of Sydney. Over much the same time, having obtained a doctorate in philosophy from the University of St. Thomas in Rome, he has taught philosophy and law in both Catholic and secular educational institutions, such as the University of Technology, Sydney, the University of Newcastle, the Aquinas Academy, the Centre for Thomistic Studies Inc., now operating under the name of the Centre for Catholic Studies Inc., and various Catholic seminaries, such as those of the Marists and the Vincentians.
Born in Amityville, NY, on May 19, 1957, Father Charles Bak is Roman Catholic priest and a member of an Apostolic Society called the Society of the Missionaries of the Holy Apostles. The Society’s charism is to promote, form, and accompany vocations to the priesthood, religious life, and committed laity. Father Bak was ordained to the priesthood on October 3, 2009. Father earned his B.A. in Philosophy from Christendom College and his Master’s Degree in Moral Theology from Holy Apostles College and Seminary. He has experience both in parish ministry and in teaching.
Shalina Stilley was born and raised in Flagstaff, Arizona and converted to Catholicism in 1992 after reading the writings of St. John of the Cross and St. Teresa of Avila. She has a master’s in theology and a doctorate in philosophy. Her interests include Aquinas, Maritain, ethics, spiritual theology, and philosophy of religion. She has taught at Marquette University, Conception Seminary College, Beltei International University, Paññāsāstra University of Cambodia, and John Paul the Great Catholic University. She is a canonical consecrated virgin, occasional overseas missionary, human-trafficking abolitionist, and outdoor enthusiast.
