Virtue: the Path to Happiness
FaithHopeBeatitude: Man's Last EndTheological VirtuesVirtueCardinal & Moral VirtuesPrudenceJusticeFortitudeTemperanceCharity
10 lessonsWhen we consider the good life, many questions arise due to the complexity of human existence. St. Thomas Aquinas simplified the drama of human happiness and misery using one powerful concept: virtue. The intellectual, moral, and theological virtues structure our acts and make us good, and even empower us to cooperate with the promptings of the Holy Spirit.What you will learn
- What the virtues are
- How virtue relates to happiness
- How we grow or diminish in virtue
- What the Gifts of the Holy Spirit are
Course Content
Lesson 1: Virtue and Happiness
Lesson 2: Virtue
Lesson 3: The Intellectual Virtues
Lesson 4: The Moral Virtues
Lesson 5: The Theological Virtues
Lesson 6: Where Does Virtue Come From?
Lesson 7: Growing and Diminishing in Virtue
Lesson 8: Virtue in the Mean
Lesson 9: The Connection of the Virtues
Lesson 10: The Gifts of the Holy Spirit
Instructors
Fr. Dominic Legge, O.P.Director, Thomistic Institute.
Associate Professor of Dogmatic Theology, Dominican House of Studies.
Fr. James Brent, O.P.Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Chaplain to Commuter Students, Dominican House of Studies.
Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau, O.P.Visiting Assistant Professor of Moral Theology, Dominican House of Studies.
University Chaplain, The Catholic University of America.
Fr. Thomas Petri, O.P.President and Assistant Professor of Moral Theology and Pastoral Studies, Dominican House of Studies.
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