Lying and Truthfulness A Thomistic Perspective
Lying and Truthfulness: A Thomistic Perspective by Stewart Clem, published by Cambridge University Press on January 5, 2023, is a comprehensive exploration of the virtue of truthfulness grounded in the Thomistic concept of veracitas. This edition spans 350 pages and is presented in English. Clem diverges from the typical focus of contemporary Christian ethicists on the permissibility of lying, instead emphasizing the virtue of truthfulness and its intrinsic connection to justice, offering a nuanced understanding of speech acts through the lens of specific virtues and vices.
Readers will find a meticulously researched analysis that contributes to the ongoing discourse surrounding Aquinas, often viewed alongside Augustine and Kant in discussions of rigorism. Clem clarifies how Aquinas’s perspective was distinct in his time and remains relevant today, providing an alternative to both rigorist and consequentialist frameworks. The book engages with contemporary social and ethical issues, demonstrating the enduring significance of Aquinas’s thought in the context of modern philosophical and theological debates.
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In this book, Stewart Clem develops an account of truthfulness that is grounded in the Thomistic virtue of veracitas. Unlike most contemporary Christian ethicists, who narrowly focus on the permissibility of lying, he turns to the virtue of truthfulness and illuminates its close relationship to the virtue of justice. This approach generates a more precise taxonomy of speech acts and shows how they are grounded in specific virtues and vices. Clem’s study also contributes to the contemporary literature on Aquinas, who is often classified alongside Augustine and Kant as holding a rigorist position on lying. Meticulously researched, this volume clarifies what set Aquinas’s view apart in his own day and how it is relevant to our own. Clem demonstrates that Aquinas’s account provides a genuine alternative to rigorist and consequentialist approaches. His analysis also reveals the perennial relevance of Aquinas’s thought by bringing it to bear on contemporary social and ethical issues.
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