Counsel & The Limits Of Reason | Prof. Adam Eitel
The Thomistic Institute
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The Purpose of Prudence
There's a universal principleif what it says is, in every circumstance whatsoever, justice is to be pursued. Second, you have the conjunction of that universal principle with a singular or a part ar that particular goes like this: This thing that i could do is unjust. And therefore, from this universal principle, in conjunction with this singular judgment, i draw a practical conclusion that i ought not to do thi thing that I could do. All right, so what happens when we are exercising prudence? Well, thomas sees that we have that prudence involves three acts, three stages of the deliverative process. First, he calls council. He gave this great talk yesterday and just and
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