Title Thomas Aquinas on moral wrongdoing / Colleen McCluskey

Published New York : Cambridge University Press, 2017

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Description 1 online resource Contents Machine generated contents note: 1. Metaphysical Foundations -- Account of Human Nature -- The Process of Human Action -- Necessitation and Freedom -- 2. Evil as Privation -- The Ontological Status of Evil -- Objections to the Privation Theory -- Moral Goodness and Moral Appraisal -- Return to Privation -- 3. Aquinas's Account of Moral Wrongdoing: General Points and Defects in the Intellect -- Some General Distinctions -- The Roles of Will and Intellect in Wrong Actions -- Account of Voluntariness -- Wrongdoing That Originates in the Intellect -- 4. Aquinas's Account of Moral Wrongdoing: Defects in the Sensory Appetite -- Wrongdoing That Originates in the Sensory Appetite -- Practical Reasoning in Wrongdoing Originating in the Passions -- Weakness of Will -- 5. Aquinas's Account of Moral Wrongdoing: Defects in the Will -- Wrongdoing That Originates in the Will -- The Underlying Mechanism of Deliberate Wrongdoing -- Distinguishing between Evil and Ordinary Wrongdoing -- Is Aquinas's Account of Deliberate Wrongdoing Too Broad? -- Can Human Beings Perform Evil Simply for the Sake of Evil? -- 6. The Vices in Aquinas's Moral Psychology -- The Nature and Acquisition of Habits -- The Vices in Summa theologiae -- The Tradition of the Capital Vices -- The Capital Vices and Deliberate Wrongdoing Summary Medieval thinkers were both puzzled and fascinated by the capacity of human beings to do what is morally wrong. In this book, Colleen McCluskey offers the first comprehensive examination of Thomas Aquinas' explanation for moral wrongdoing. Her discussion takes in Aquinas' theory of human nature and action, and his explanation of wrong action in terms of defects in human capacities including the intellect, the will, and the passions of the sensory appetite. She also looks at the notion of privation, which underlies Aquinas' account of wrongdoing, as well as his theory of the vices, which intersects with his basic account. The result is a thorough exploration of Aquinas' psychology which is both accessible and illuminating, and will be of interest to a wide range of readers in Aquinas studies, medieval philosophy, the history of theology, and the history of ideas Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed December 9, 2016) Subject Thomas, Aquinas, Saint, 1225?-1274. SUBJECT Thomas, Aquinas, Saint, 1225?-1274 fast Subject Psychology. Christian ethics. Good and evil. psychology. PHILOSOPHY -- Ethics & Moral Philosophy. Christian ethics Good and evil Psychology Form Electronic book ISBN 9781316816462 131681646X 9781316815298 1316815293 9781316796917 1316796914 9781316626894 131662689X

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