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march: Fixing our Gaze on the Highest Goods: Will

Main Points of Class

• The will is the faculty by which we make free, deliberate choices based on reason and directed towards the good.

• A person who has a fully developed will is able to follow their well-formed desires, rather than their whims or impulses.

• Part of growth in our will is aiming at the highest, most noble goods (those related to God, to love of others, and to growth in the virtues).

• Another part is learning to moderate our desires for lower goods. Giving free reign to our appetites for these goods leads to problems in academic and social life and to a debilitated character.