Ethics as a Work of Charity: Thomas Aquinas and Pagan Virtue

(Stanford University Press) As different religious convictions and moral standards make it hard to agree on a concept of the good life, Decosimo explores how the ethics of medieval theologian Thomas Aquinas provide a model for accepting and welcoming the outsider. The book presents a reinterpretation of Aquinas’ theology and the first analysis of his thoughts on Pagan virtue. Decosimo is an assistant professor of theology at Loyola University.