The Thomistic Institute Virtue in Human Action | Father John Baptist Ku, O.P.
Sep 26, 2023
Fr. John Baptist Ku, O.P., discusses the role of virtue in guiding human action, the nature of human vulnerability, the significance of virtue in the moral life, levels of moral virtue and the interplay between reason, passions, and will. The podcast also explores the relationship between virtue and objectivity, and the role of fear in the spiritual journey.
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Virtue Orders Passions and Reason
- Virtue is more than rule-following or pursuit of utility; it involves ordering intellect, will, and passions rightly.
- The passions are not merely bad but key to moral life when rightly ordered by reason.
Character Forms Action Habitually
- We become morally what we repeatedly do; actions form character shaping future choices.
- Virtue brings ease and joy in doing right actions, unlike mere rule-following or duty.
Four Moral Types Defined
- Four moral types show reason-passion relationships: virtuous, continent, weak, and vicious.
- Virtue means reason and passions are rightly ordered; vicious reason is corrupted and passions disordered.