Updates

Well....I guess keeping up a blog is not for everyone! I will do my best from here on out. As you can see, I have re-branded my blog from "Aquinas and the Summa" to "Metaphysics, Ethics, and Medics". Metaphysics is broadly the study of the structure of reality itself--questions about the nature of objects, properties, universals, etc. Ethics is the study of how to live the elusive "good life". And I chose "medics" to sound clever. But I really want to focus on metaphysical and ethical considerations/concerns/questions in the medical field. The reason for this change is simple: I am about to start a PhD in Health Care Ethics at Saint Louis University.

I have decided to change career paths slightly, although I still want to teach in the end. Health Care is a booming field, and by booming I mean booming with ethical issues. The rate at which medical technologies and procedures are growing is astonishing and they show no signs of slowing down. We need good, Catholic men and women to devote their time and effort to help educate not only the patients and their families, but also the doctors, nurses, and hospital staff.

The new format of this blog will be straight forward: I will post material from my classes I take and any interesting articles/books I come across. I also plan on picking the Summa up again so I will sprinkle in some posts here and there.

Anyway, I hope this blog survives the test of time!

-Chris