A questão normativa à luz da filosofia moral de Santo Tomás de Aquino

Abstract

This paper proposes to describe the normative question, presented by Professor Christine M. Korsgaard in her The Sources of Normativity, and then to present the Thomistic moral philosophy, looking for a possible answer to the problem. The work first introduces Korsgaard's moral thought, presenting the problem, and her argument for finding the source of normativity. In a second moment, it presents the foundations of the moral theory of Thomas Aquinas, deepening, especially, in the study of the voluntary act – given its central character in the study of morals – and the ordering of acts at the end. Finally, it seeks to understand the nature of the moral law, with emphasis on the notions of obligation and sanction.