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The Good of Marriage and the Morality of Sexual Relations: Some Philosophical and Historical Observations

The Good of Marriage and the Morality of Sexual Relations: Some Philosophical and Historical... Forum: Sexual Morality and the Possibility of "Same-Sex Marriage" THE GOOD OF MARRIAGE AND THE MORALITY OF SEXUAL RELATIONS: SOME PHILOSOPHICAL AND HISTORICAL OBSERVATIONS JOHN FINNIS Aquinas organized his account of the morality of sexual relations around the good of marriage. The good of marriage is one of the basic human goods to which human choice and action are directed by the first 1 2 principles of practical reason. Sex acts are immoral when they are 1. ST I-II q. 94 a. 2c and Eth. V. 12 n. 4 [ 1019] list the conjunctio maris etfeminae as a basic human good, and make it clear that here Aquinas has in mind the Roman law definition of marriage, which he quotes directly at the outset of his own early treatise on marriage, in IV Sent. d. 26 q. 1: "the mating of man with woman, which we call 'marriage'" {maris et feminae conjunctio, quam nos matrimonium appellamus}. References to Aquinas' works in this article: Eth. SententiaLibriEthicorum(Commentary on Aristotle'sNicomacheanEthics) 1271- 2. References (e.g. IX.7 n. 6 [1845]) are to the book, lectio, and paragraph number followed by a reference to the paragraph number in Raymundi M. Spiazzi, O.P. (ed.), S. Thomae http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png American Journal of Jurisprudence Oxford University Press

The Good of Marriage and the Morality of Sexual Relations: Some Philosophical and Historical Observations

Finnis, John
American Journal of Jurisprudence , Volume 42 (1) – Jan 1, 1997
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Forum: Sexual Morality and the Possibility of "Same-Sex Marriage" THE GOOD OF MARRIAGE AND THE MORALITY OF SEXUAL RELATIONS: SOME PHILOSOPHICAL AND HISTORICAL OBSERVATIONS JOHN FINNIS Aquinas organized his account of the morality of sexual relations around the good of marriage. The good of marriage is one of the basic human goods to which human choice and action are directed by the first 1 2 principles of practical reason. Sex acts are immoral when they are 1. ST I-II q. 94 a. 2c and Eth. V. 12 n. 4 [ 1019] list the conjunctio maris etfeminae as a basic human good, and make it clear that here Aquinas has in mind the Roman law definition of marriage, which he quotes directly at the outset of his own early treatise on marriage, in IV Sent. d. 26 q. 1: "the mating of man with woman, which we call 'marriage'" {maris et feminae conjunctio, quam nos matrimonium appellamus}. References to Aquinas' works in this article: Eth. SententiaLibriEthicorum(Commentary on Aristotle'sNicomacheanEthics) 1271- 2. References (e.g. IX.7 n. 6 [1845]) are to the book, lectio, and paragraph number followed by a reference to the paragraph number in Raymundi M. Spiazzi, O.P. (ed.), S. Thomae

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Published: Jan 1, 1997

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