Studia Theologica 2024, 26(3):17-28 | DOI: 10.5507/sth.2024.031370
The article connects some findings of empirical sciences (especially psychology and psychiatry) with the teachings of Thomas Aquinas in the field of character formation, in a broader context of the limits of human freedom. Some human behavioural and psychological anomalies have genetic and other biological causes. In this case, a disorder on the biological level accidentally becomes part of our individual nature. However, such a disorder goes against specific human nature, that is, against man as such, and therefore brings about a decay in genuine human goodness. According to Thomas Aquinas, even a person with such a disorder can experience flourishing if, in the struggle with his corrupt inclinations, he develops virtues that are opposed to his disordered tendencies. In this manner, and with the help of God’s grace, he also gains effective control over himself and can achieve true human happiness.
Vloženo: duben 2024; Revidováno: srpen 2024; Přijato: srpen 2024; Zveřejněno: prosinec 2024
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