Aquinas 101 - Virtue: the Path to Happiness

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

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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.President and 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.Assistant Professor of Moral Theology and Pastoral Studies, Dominican House of Studies.