#587: The Heart of Ethics (TOB 24)

How norms should shape us.

“Whoever looks at a woman to desire her has already committed adultery with her in his heart,” says our Lord in Matthew 5:27. His description of the interior dynamics of the heart draws a contrast, even though not a contradiction, with the prohibition on adultery from Exodus: “You have heard that it was said,” he reminds his audience, “‘You shall not co…