The Secunda Secundae

In this paper, you are to select one of the topics from the Secunda Secundae (Second of the Second Part), II-II; wherein St. Thomas goes through a number of the particular virtues and vices pertaining to the moral life. You are to select one of these topics and consider what St. Thomas says concerning this topic in light of the principles of moral theology as we have discussed them over the course of the semester, especially those concerning what constitutes a properly human action, and how that actions is ordered toward (or away from) our ultimate end and happiness considered as the Beatific Vision. We have also seen the connection between natural law and right reason, which is necessary for determining whether an action is ordered toward happiness or away from it.