Germain Gabriel Grisez (September 30, 1929 – February 1, 2018) was aFrench-American philosopher.^[1] Grisez's development of ideas fromThomas Aquinas has redirectedCatholic thought and changed the way it has engaged with secular moral philosophy. In 'The First Principle of Practical Reason: A Commentary on theSumma Theologiae, I-II, Q. 94, A. 2' (1965), Grisez attacked theneo-scholastic interpretation of Aquinas as holding that moral norms are derived from methodologically antecedent knowledge ofhuman nature. Grisez defended the idea ofmetaphysical free choice and proposed a natural law theory of practical reasoning and moral judgment which, although broadlyThomistic, departs from Aquinas on significant points.^[2]

Grisez was Professor of Christian Ethics atMount St. Mary's University in Emmitsburg, MD^[3] from 1979 to his retirement in 2009.

• John Finnis
• Robert P. George
• Pontifical Commission on Birth Control#Minority report
• New Natural Law

• The Way of the Lord Jesus Complete text of the three volumes and additional material
• The Making of a Moral Theologian, Russell Shaw. 1996 article on Grisez's personal and professional life, including his work for Cardinal O'Boyle of the Diocese of Washington D.C.
• Biotechnology and Human Dignity in the Thought of Germain Grisez, Nicholas C. Lund-Molfese. Describes the necessity of the Christian virtue ofhope in choosing the good of the human person in so-called "hard cases".
• INFALLIBILITY AND CONTRACEPTION: A REPLY TO GARTH HALLETT (PDF)

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