1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910778189803321

Autore

Thompson Michael <1959->

Titolo

Life and action [[electronic resource] ] : elementary structures of practice and practical thought / / Michael Thompson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 2008

ISBN

0-674-26777-X

0-674-03396-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (232 p.)

Classificazione

CC 6960

Disciplina

191

Soggetti

Ethics

Conduct of life

Life

Agent (Philosophy)

Act (Philosophy)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Part I: The representation of life -- Can life be given a real definition? -- The representation of the living individual -- The representation of the life-form itself -- Part II: Naive action theory -- Types of practical explanation -- Naive explanation of action -- Action and time -- Part III: Practical generality -- Two tendencies in practical philosophy -- Practices and dispositions as sources of the goodness of individual actions -- Practice and disposition as sources of individual action.

Sommario/riassunto

Any sound practical philosophy must be clear on practical concepts-concepts, in particular, of life, action, and practice. This clarity is Michael Thompson's aim in his ambitious work. In Thompson's view, failure to comprehend the structures of thought and judgment expressed in these concepts has disfigured modern moral philosophy, rendering it incapable of addressing the larger questions that should be its focus.



2.

Record Nr.

UNISA996213712003316

Titolo

Archives of public health

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Brussels, : Archives belges de médecine sociale" asbl

ISSN

2049-3258

Soggetti

Public health

Public health - Belgium

Public Health

Periodical

Fulltext

Internet Resources.

Periodicals.

Belgium

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Periodico

Note generali

Refereed/Peer-reviewed



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910954275003321

Autore

Finn R. D (Richard Damian), <1963->

Titolo

Almsgiving in the later Roman Empire : Christian promotion and practice (313-450) / / Richard Finn

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2006

ISBN

9780191515781

0191515787

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

ix, 302 p

Collana

Oxford Classical Monographs

Disciplina

248.4/6

Soggetti

Christian giving - History

Church history - 4th century

Church history - 5th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [269]-294) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Episcopal almsgiving -- Almsgiving by monks and lay Christians -- The promotion of Christian almsgiving -- The meanings of Christian almsgiving -- Christian and classical -- Concluding remarks.

Sommario/riassunto

This is a book about the importance of gifts to the poor for Christians in the later Roman empire. It is about what was given, how it was given, who was helped, and how preachers sought to shape these practices. Above all, the book asks what it meant to give to the poor, the virtues it displayed, the role it played in articulating or challenging the standing of bishops, monks, and ordinary lay men and women.