Episode 16 – Good, Evil, and Science | Fr. James Brent, O.P.

Introduction

The World of Form and Finality

The End of a Thing Is Just Its Activity

Goodness or Badness Is a Factual Affair

The Book of Wisdom and the Book of God

Do We Interpret the Scriptures in Light of the Metaphysics of Form and Finality?

The Metaphysical Big Picture

The World of Power and Control

The Nominalist Account of Things

The Naturalistic Fallacy and the Fact-Value Dichotomy

Moral Intuitionism - A Problem in Moral Discourse

The Hermeneutics of Suspicion

The Hermeneutics of Wisdom and Love

The Metaphysics of Form and Finality Are Better Suited for Purposes of Ethics

Thomistic Evolution