| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 690 pages) |
| Series |
Moral philosophy and moral theology series |
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Moral philosophy and moral theology.
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| Contents |
Introduction -- Universal Considerations -- Wisdom and Human Life: the Natural and the Supernatural -- Wisdom as Foundational Ethical Theory in St. Thomas Aquinas -- St. Thomas, Metaphysics, and Human Dignity -- Truth and Happiness -- Antimodern, Ultramodern, Postmodern: A Plea For The Perennial -- Is Thomas Aquinas a Spiritual Hedonist? -- Is Liberty the Criterion in Morals? -- The Will and Its Act -- The Real Distinction Between Intellect and Will -- ST. Thomas, James Keenan, and the Will -- ST. Thomas and the Causes of Free Choice -- St. Thomas and the First Cause of Moral Evil -- Natural Law -- St. Thomas, Our Natural Lights, and the Moral Order -- Jacques Maritain and the Philosophy of Cooperation -- Natural Law and the First Act of Freedom: Maritain Revisited -- Jean Porter on Natural Law: Thomistic Notes -- Legal Justice -- ST. Thomas, the Common Good, and the Love of Persons -- St. Thomas, John Finnis, and the Political Good -- Thomas Aquinas, Gerard Bradley, and the Death Penalty -- Death in the Setting of Divine Wisdom: The Doctrine of St. Thomas Aquinas -- Suicide as a Belligerent Tactic: Thomistic Reflections -- Various Virtues -- Jacques Maritain, St. Thomas, and the Philosophy of Religion -- Philosophy and Spirituality: Cultivating a Virtue -- St. Thomas and the Ontology of Prayer -- St. Thomas, Lying, and Venial Sin -- Communion with the Tradition: For the Believer Who Is a Philosopher -- Methodological Postscript -- "Obiectum": Notes on the Invention of a Word -- St. Thomas and Moral Taxonomy |
| Summary |
This title focuses on morals, how human beings should live their lives. The essays included treat the history of philosophy as a development that proceeds by deepening appreciation of basic questions rather than the constant replacement of one worldview by another |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
| Subject |
Thomas, Aquinas, Saint, 1225?-1274.
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| SUBJECT |
Thomas, Aquinas, Saint, 1225?-1274
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Thomas, Aquinas, Saint, 1225?-1274 fast |
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Ethics, Medieval.
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Thomists.
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Christian ethics -- Catholic authors.
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RELIGION -- Christian Theology -- Ethics.
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Christian ethics -- Catholic authors
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Ethics, Medieval
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Thomists
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2007046317 |
| ISBN |
9780823237210 |
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0823237214 |
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9780823248650 |
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0823248658 |
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0823227960 |
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9780823227969 |
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