Tag Archives: Thomas Aquinas

Moral judgment in medicine: “sensibility of heart”

June 11, 2021

Jack Coulehan Stony Brook, New York, United States   Clinicians in Intensive Care Unit. 2011. Photo by Calleamanecer. Via Wikimedia. CC BY-SA 3.0 I want to reflect on the role of emotions, or “sensibility of heart,” in medical judgment. I take the term “judgment,” in general, to refer to the human capacity of assessing, analyzing, […]

A theologian answers questions about the heart: St. Thomas Aquinas’ De Motu Cordis

January 30, 2017

Michael Potts North Carolina, United States   An altarpiece in Ascoli Piceno, Italy by Carlo Crivelli (15th century) Suppose you are a high school teacher in a basic biology class and you have a question about the function of the heart. You decide to ask an expert, so you dial a university and ask for […]