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Germain Gabriel Grisez (September 30, 1929 – February 1, 2018) was a French-American philosopher. Grisez's development of ideas from Thomas Aquinas has redirected Catholic thought and changed the way it has engaged with secular moral philosophy. In 'The First Principle of Practical Reason: A Commentary on the ''Summa Theologiae'', I-II, Q. 94, A. 2' (1965) Grisez attacked the neo-scholastic interpretation of Aquinas as holding that moral norms are derived from methodologically antecedent knowledge of human nature. Grisez defended the idea of metaphysical free choice, and proposed a natural law theory of practical reasoning and moral judgement which, although broadly Thomistic, departs from Aquinas on significant points. Grisez was Professor of Christian Ethics at
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The Way of the Lord Jesus
Complete text of the three volumes and additional material
The Making of a Moral Theologian
Russell Shaw. 1996 article on Grisez's personal and professional life, including his work for Cardinal O'Boyle of the Diocese of Washington D.C.
Biotechnology and Human Dignity in the Thought of Germain Grisez
Nicholas C. Lund-Molfese. Describes the necessity of the Christian virtue of
hope Hope is an optimistic state of mind that is based on an expectation of positive outcomes with respect to events and circumstances in one's life or the world at large. As a verb, its definitions include: "expect with confidence" and "to cherish ...
in choosing the good of the human person in so-called "hard cases".
INFALLIBILITY AND CONTRACEPTION: A REPLY TO GARTH HALLETT
{{DEFAULTSORT:Grisez, Germain 1929 births 2018 deaths American people of French descent Catholic philosophers 21st-century American Roman Catholic theologians Natural law ethicists