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On Aristotle’s philosophical system, see:
Ackrill, J. L. Aristotle, the Philosopher. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1981.
Barnes, J. Aristotle. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1982.
Grene, Marjorie. A Portrait of Aristotle. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1967.
Robinson, Timothy A. Aristotle in Outline. Indianapolis: Hackett Publishing Co., 1995.
Veatch, Henry B. Aristotle: A Contemporary Appreciation. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1974.
On Aristotle’s political theory, see:
Jaffa, Harry. “Aristotle,” in History of Political Philosophy, second edition, pp. 64–130. Edited by Leo Strauss and Joseph Cropsey. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1981.
On the rediscovery and reception of Aristotle in the medieval world, see:
Steenberghen, Fernand van. Aristotle in the West: The Origins of Latin Aristotelianism. Translated by L. Johnson. New York: Humanities Press, 1970.
For an up-to-date, scholarly chronology of the life and works of Thomas Aquinas, see:
Torrell, Jean-Pierre. St. Thomas Aquinas. Volume 1: The Person and His Work. Translated by Robert Royal. Washington: The Catholic University of America Press, 1996.
Tugwell, Simon. “Introduction to St. Thomas,” in Albert and Thomas: Selected Writings, pp. 201–351. New York: Paulist Press, 1988.
For an accurate and well-integrated English condensation of the Summa, see:
Aquinas, Thomas. Summa Theologiae: A Concise Translation. Edited and translated by Timothy McDermott. Westminster, Md.: Christian Classics, 1989.
For a guide to the context of Aquinas’ thought, see:
Pieper, Joseph. Guide to Thomas Aquinas. Translated by Richard and Clara Winston. New York: Pantheon, 1962.
For expositions of Aquinas’ general philosophy, see:
Copleston, Frederick. A History of Philosophy. Volume 2, pp. 302–424. Westminster, Md.: Newman, 1950. Also available in Image Books, Doubleday. Volume 2, part 2.
Davies, Brian. The Thought of Thomas Aquinas. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1992.
{219} Gilson, Etienne. The Christian Philosophy of St. Thomas Aquinas. New York: Random House, 1956.
McInerny, Ralph. A First Glance at St. Thomas Aquinas: A Handbook for Peeping Thomists. Notre Dame, Ind.: University of Notre Dame Press, 1990.
On the ethics of Aquinas in general, see:
Aquinas, Thomas. Commentary on the Ethics. Translated by Charles I. Litzenger. Chicago: Regnery, 1963.
Aquinas, Thomas. The De Malo of Thomas Aquinas. Translated by Richard J. Regan, with introduction by Brian Davies. New York: Oxford University Press, 2001.
Aquinas, Thomas. Virtue: Way to Happiness [selections from the Summa]. Translated by Richard J. Regan. Scranton: Scranton University Press, 1999.
Elders, Leon J., and Hedwig, K., editors. The Ethics of St. Thomas Aquinas. Studi tomistici 25. Vatican City: Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 1984.
Elders, Leon J., and Hedwig, K., editors. Lex et Libertas: Freedom and Law According to St. Thomas Aquinas. Studi tomistici 30. Vatican City: Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 1987.
Finnis, John M. Aquinas: Moral, Political, and Legal Theory. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999.
Flannery, Kevin L. Acts amid Precepts. Washington: The Catholic University of America Press, 2001.
Mullady, Brian T. The Meaning of the Term Moral in St. Thomas Aquinas. Studi tomistici 27. Vatican City: Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 1986.
Stevens, G. “Moral Obligation in St. Thomas,” in The Modern Schoolman 40 (1962–1963): 1–21.
On choice and human action, see:
Donagan, Alan. Human Ends and Human Action: An Exploration in St. Thomas’s Treatment. Milwaukee: Marquette University Press, 1985.
Donagan, Alan. Choice: The Essential Element in Human Action. New York: Routledge, 1987.
Powell, Ralph. Freely Chosen Reality. Washington: University Press of America, 1983.
Sokolowski, Robert. Moral Action: A Phenomenological Study. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1985.
On virtue, see:
Geach, Peter. The Virtues. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1977.
Hibbs, Thomas. Virtue’s Splendor: Wisdom, Prudence, and the Human Good. New York: Fordham University Press, 2001.
Pieper, Joseph. The Four Cardinal Virtues: Prudence, Fortitude, Justice, and Temperance. New York: Harcourt, Brace, and World, 1965.
{220} Porter, Jean. The Recovery of Virtue: The Relevance of Aquinas for Christian Ethics. Louisville: John Knox Press, 1990.
On practical wisdom, see:
Westberg, Daniel. Right Practical Reason: Aristotle, Action, and Prudence in Aquinas. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1994.
On Thomist natural law, see:
Armstrong, Ross A. Primary and Secondary Precepts in Thomistic Natural Law Teaching. The Hague: Nijhoff, 1966.
Lee, Patrick. “Permanence of the Ten Commandments: St. Thomas and His Modern Commentators,” in Theological Studies 42 (1981): 422–43.
May, William. Becoming Human: An Introduction to Christian Ethics. Dayton: Plaum, 1975.
Regan, Richard J. “The Human Person and Moral Norms.” Chapter 1 of The Moral Dimensions of Politics, pp. 12–28. New York: Oxford University Press, 1986.
Reilly, James P. St. Thomas on Law. Etienne Gilson Series 12. Toronto: Pontifical Institute of Medieval Studies, 1990.
Rhonheimer, Martin. Natural Law and Practical Reason: A Thomist View of Moral Autonomy. Translated by Gerald Malsbary. New York: Fordham University Press, 1999.
Simon, Yves. The Tradition of Natural Law: A Philosopher’ s Reflections. New York: Fordham University Press, 1965.
On contemporary interpretations of natural law, see:
Finnis, John M. Natural Law and Natural Rights. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1980.
Finnis, John M. Fundamentals of Ethics. Washington: Georgetown University Press, 1983.
George, Robert P. Natural Law Theory: Contemporary Essays. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1992.
Hittinger, Russell. Critique of the New Natural Law Theory. Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press, 1987.
Kaczor, Christopher. Proportionalism and the Natural Law Tradition. Washington: The Catholic University of America Press, 2002.
On Aquinas’ political philosophy, see:
Aquinas, Thomas. “Commentary on the Politics” [selections], in Medieval Political Philosophy, pp. 298–334. Edited by Ralph Lerner and Muhsin Mahdi. Translated by Ernest L. Fortin and Peter D. O’Neill. New York: Free Press, 1963.
Bigongiari, Dino. “Introduction.” The Political Ideas of Saint Thomas Aquinas, pp. vii—xxxvii. New York: Hafner, 1953.
{221} Finnis, John M. Aquinas: Moral, Political, and Legal Theory. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999.
Fortin, Ernest L. “St. Thomas Aquinas,” in History of Political Philosophy, second edition, pp. 223–50. Edited by Leo Strauss and Joseph Cropsey. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1981.
Maritain, Jacques. Man and the State. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1951. Regan, Richard J. “Aquinas on Political Obedience and Disobedience,” in Thought 56 (March 1981): 77–88.
Maritain, Jacques. “The Human Person and Organized Society: Aquinas.” Chapter 2 of The Moral Dimensions of Politics, pp. 37–46. New York: Oxford University Press, 1986.
For a Thomist philosophy of democracy, see:
Simon, Yves. Philosophy of Democratic Government. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1961.
On recent bibliography on Aquinas, see:
Ingardia, Richard. Thomas Aquinas: International Bibliography, 1977–1990. Bowling Green: Philosophical Documentation Center, Bowling Green State University, 1993.