Volume 6, 2001
Fr. Joseph M. de Torre
Pages 187-205
Human Rights, Natural Law, and Thomas Aquinas
At the end of February 2000 the Pope fulfilled a longed-for dream in his visit to Egypt, culminating in his ascent to Mount Sinai. Here the Pope displays once again a perfect intertwining of reason and faith, philosophy and theology. This paper delves into the metaphysical ground of social ethics, as Fr. de Torre did in the 1977 book, The Roots of Society.