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Record Nr.

UNINA9910819649403321

Autore

Cates Diana Fritz

Titolo

Aquinas on the emotions : a religious-ethical inquiry / / Diana Fritz Cates

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : Georgetown University Press, c2009

ISBN

1-58901-718-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (299 p.)

Collana

Moral traditions series

Disciplina

241.042092

241/.042092

Soggetti

Christian ethics - Catholic authors

Emotions - Religious aspects - Catholic Church

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

Religious ethics -- Religious ethics and the study of emotion -- Approaching Aquinas on emotion (l) -- Approaching Aquinas on emotion (ll) -- Approaching the human sensory appetite from below (l) -- Approaching the human sensory appetite from below (ll) -- Approaching the human sensory appetite from above (l) -- Approaching the human sensory appetite from above (ll) -- The formation of distinctively human emotions -- The religious ethical study of emotion -- Aquinas on the powers or capabilities of a human being (relevant selections).

Sommario/riassunto

All of us want to be happy and live well. Sometimes intense emotions affect our happiness-and, in turn, our moral lives. Our emotions can have a significant impact on our perceptions of reality, the choices we make, and the ways in which we interact with others. Can we, as moral agents, have an effect on our emotions? Do we have any choice when it comes to our emotions? In Aquinas on the Emotions, Diana Fritz Cates shows how emotions are composed as embodied mental states. She identifies various factors, including religious beliefs, intuitions, images, and questions that can affect the formati