"Conservatism"

Gratitude is a central virtue for the noble life in general. It is time to stop talking about "conservatism"; others have already been talking about virtue ethics and the natural law, and the label "conservative" no longer means anything.

"Conservatism is built on gratitude. The conservative prioritizes the wisdom of tradition. He understands that he does not know more than the wealth of knowledge that has been passed down to him." - @mrJSDavenport for @ubookman: https://t.co/JCq9T0Ezmx. pic.twitter.com/EdJ0zJ7Ub9

— Russell Kirk Center (@KirkCenter) March 23, 2021

"A Look at the Virtue Tradition"

Gratitude

OrthoChristian: On Gratitude and Human Happiness by Sergei Khudiev

Fr. Stephen Brock - Aquinas the Conservationalist

From 2017: Stephen Brock - "Aquinas and the Life of the Mind"

CWR: “Amoris Laetitia” and the chasm in modern moral theology by Fr. D. Vincent Twomey, SVD

Can the apostolic exhortation help bridge the chasm that, since 1968, has divided moral theologians in matters of sexual morality?

Happiness and Religion

One thing a discussion of the virtues within moral theology or moral philosophy can easily incorporate is sex differences, which could easily be ignored if the focus was solely on law or the morality of human acts.

From Steubenville to University of Dallas

UD Announces New Constantin College Dean: Ethics Scholar Jonathan J. Sanford

Sanford is author of the recently published Before Ethics.

Studies in Christian Ethics: Andrew Louth, "Virtue Ethics: St Maximos the Confessor and Aquinas Compared" (pdf)

Aquinas distinguishes the cardinal virtues from the theologial virtues, as Louth points out, but he also distinguishes between the infused virtues and the acquired virtues, a distinction which is missed by Louth in his essay. The infused cardinal virtues are subordinate to the theological virtues (also infused) but they cannot be acquired through practice, though it would seem that they can be strengthened to practice. (Does St. Maximus make this distinction between infused and acquired virtues?) The infused cardinal virtues are distinguished from the theological virtues by reason, but united in exercise, through grace and charity. If Louth were to take this distinction between the infused and acquired virtues into account, how would his treatment of Aquinas differ?