The Moral Philosophy of Lucretius and Aquinas:

'Competing Ends and Means'

Jason Nehez, Holy Apostles College and Seminary, at Studia Gilsoniana.

"the human person and the actions of the person must be for some end for which a measure can be made whether the operation has been done accurately. Misunderstand the end, and you will end up with artificial results. Deny the end and you will deny the thing itself! This presentation aims to consider contradictory and competing ends."

See Lucretius, On the Nature of Things, in Great Books of the Western World (first edition, 52 Vol., 1952) volume 12, (second edition, 60 Vol., 1990) volume 11.

See Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica, in Great Books of the Western World (first edition, 52 Vol., 1952) volumes 19-20, and Great Books of the Western World (second edition, 60 Vol., 1990) volumes 17-18.