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Author Knobel, Angela McKay, author

Title Aquinas and the infused moral virtues Angela McKay Knobel
Published Notre Dame, IN : University of Notre Dame Press, 2021

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Contents The structure of natural virtue -- Habits of being: the structure of supernatural virtue -- Relating the virtues: Aquinas's texts -- Interpretive options, part I: coexistence -- Interpretive options, part II: unification -- A proposal for a way forward
Summary "Aquinas holds that all the virtues are bestowed on humans by God along with the gift of sanctifying grace. Since he also holds, with Aristotle, that we can create virtuous dispositions in ourselves through our own repeated good acts, a question arises: How are we to understand the relationship between the virtues God infuses at the moment of grace and virtues that are gradually acquired over time? Angela McKay Knobel provides a detailed examination of Aquinas's theory of infused moral virtue, with special attention to the question of how the infused and acquired moral virtues are related. Part 1 examines Aquinas's own explicit remarks about the infused and acquired virtues and considers whether and to what extent a coherent 'theory' of the relationship between the infused and acquired virtues can be found in Aquinas. Knobel argues that while Aquinas says almost nothing about how the infused and acquired virtues are related, he clearly does believe that the 'structure' of the infused virtues mirrors that of the acquired in important ways. Part 2 uses that structure to evaluate existing interpretations of Aquinas and argues that no existing account adequately captures Aquinas's most fundamental commitments. Knobel ultimately argues that the correct account lies somewhere between the two most commonly advocated theories. Written primarily for students and scholars of moral philosophy and theology, the book will also appeal to readers interested in understanding Aquinas's theory of virtue."--Back cover
Subject Thomas, Aquinas, Saint, 1225?-1274.
SUBJECT Thomas, Aquinas, Saint, 1225?-1274
Thomas, Aquinas, Saint, 1225?-1274 fast
Subject Virtues.
Virtue.
Virtue
Virtues
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780268201081
0268201080
9780268201111
0268201110