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Record Nr.

UNINA9910818640003321

Autore

Alonso-Lasheras Diego

Titolo

Luis de Molina's De iustitiae et iure [[electronic resource] ] : justice as virtue in an economic context / / by Diego Alonso-Lasheras

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2011

ISBN

1-283-12091-7

9786613120915

90-04-20966-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (258 p.)

Collana

Studies in the history of Christian traditions ; ; v. 152

Disciplina

241/.6426

Soggetti

Economics - Religious aspects - Catholic Church

Christian ethics - Catholic authors

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Material / D. Alonso-Lasheras SJ -- Introduction / D. Alonso-Lasheras SJ -- 1. The Birth Of A New World: Economics And Theology In The Sixteenth Century / D. Alonso-Lasheras SJ -- 2. Molina’s Fundamental Moral Theology / D. Alonso-Lasheras SJ -- 3. Justice And The Origins Of Private Property / D. Alonso-Lasheras SJ -- 4. Three Specific Topics: Usury, Prices And Money Exchange / D. Alonso-Lasheras SJ -- 5. Justice As Virtue In An Economic Context / D. Alonso-Lasheras SJ -- Conclusion / D. Alonso-Lasheras SJ -- Bibliography / D. Alonso-Lasheras SJ -- Index / D. Alonso-Lasheras SJ.

Sommario/riassunto

Luis de Molina (1535-1600) was the first scholastic doctor to legitimize the practice of money lending as a career. His De Iustitia et Iure offers a thorough description of trade practices of the vibrant economies of Portugal and Spain in the Sixteenth Century. This detailed analysis allows him to provide a moral assessment of these practices. His treatise is a capital example of how a deep commitment to received tradition and to contemporary economic issues can advance economic science and perfect moral theology through a better understanding of reality. This book shows how threads of field research, economic reflection, natural law tradition, casuistry and the quest for justice may weave together to form a major work of Catholic moral theology.