The Educated Leader
This podcast seeks to educate and empower leaders in politics, civil society and the church to know what it means to be human and to act accordingly.
Dr. Christiaan Alting von Geusau leads the International Catholic Legislators Network (ICLN), which he founded in 2010 to provide Christian politicians with faith formation, education and networking opportunities. He is the founder and principal of Ambrose Advice e.U., a company that provides strategic advisory and leadership coaching to senior public office holders around the world. Dr. von Geusau is Rector emeritus and Professor for Philosophy of Law and Education at ITI Catholic University in Austria.
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The Educated Leader
Christian Anthropology: The Human Person in Catholic Thought - Friendship, Community, and the Social Nature of the Person
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Session 8: Friendship, Community, and the Social Nature of the Person
Aristotle's account of friendship (philia) and Aquinas's Christianisation of it provide resources for thinking about the bonds beyond family; friendship, civic life, and the Church as fellowship. Charity (caritas) is, for Aquinas, a kind of friendship with God. This session asks what genuine community requires, and what distinguishes authentic bonds from their pale imitations.
Reading: Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics VIII.1–6; Aquinas, Summa Theologiae IIa-IIae Q.23; Paul VI, Populorum Progressio §§17–21
Instructor: Dr. Aloysius Ventham
Philosopher and meta-ethicist. Program Director of the Villa Steiner Academy. Works on moral reasoning, judgment, and responsibility; teaches philosophy and ethics in Salzburg and Vienna.