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Autore |
Dewan Lawrence <1932-> |
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Titolo |
Wisdom, law, and virtue : essays in Thomistic ethics / / Lawrence Dewan |
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New York, : Fordham University Press, c2007 |
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ISBN |
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0-8232-3721-4 |
0-8232-4865-8 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xvi, 690 p. ) |
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Collana |
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Moral philosophy and moral theology series |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Ethics, Medieval |
Thomists |
Christian ethics - Catholic authors |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Intro -- Contents -- Previous Publication -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Universal Considerations -- Chapter 1 WISDOM AND HUMAN LIFE: THE NATURAL AND THE SUPERNATURAL -- Chapter 2 WISDOM AS FOUNDATIONAL ETHICAL THEORY IN ST. THOMAS AQUINAS -- Chapter 3 ST. THOMAS, METAPHYSICS, AND HUMAN DIGNITY -- Chapter 4 TRUTH AND HAPPINESS -- Chapter 5 ANTIMODERN, ULTRAMODERN, POSTMODERN: A PLEA FOR THE PERENNIAL -- Chapter 6 IS THOMAS AQUINAS A SPIRITUAL HEDONIST? -- Chapter 7 IS LIBERTY THE CRITERION IN MORALS? -- The Will and Its Act -- Chapter 8 THE REAL DISTINCTION BETWEEN INTELLECT AND WILL -- Chapter 9 ST. THOMAS, JAMES KEENAN, AND THE WILL -- Chapter 10 ST. THOMAS AND THE CAUSES OF FREE CHOICE -- Chapter 11 ST. THOMAS AND THE FIRST CAUSE OF MORAL EVIL -- Natural Law -- Chapter 12 ST. THOMAS, OUR NATURAL LIGHTS, AND THE MORAL ORDER -- Chapter 13 JACQUES MARITAIN AND THE PHILOSOPHY OF COOPERATION -- Chapter 14 NATURAL LAW AND THE FIRST ACT OF FREEDOM: MARITAIN REVISITED -- Chapter 15 JEAN PORTER ON NATURAL LAW: THOMISTIC NOTES -- Legal Justice -- Chapter 16 ST. THOMAS, THE COMMON GOOD, AND THE LOVE OF PERSONS -- Chapter 17 ST. THOMAS, JOHN FINNIS, AND THE POLITICAL GOOD -- Chapter 18 THOMAS AQUINAS, GERARD BRADLEY, AND THE DEATH PENALTY -- Chapter 19 DEATH IN |
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THE SETTING OF DIVINE WISDOM: THE DOCTRINE OF ST. THOMAS AQUINAS -- Chapter 20 SUICIDE AS A BELLIGERENT TACTIC: THOMISTIC REFLECTIONS -- Various Virtues -- Chapter 21 JACQUES MARITAIN, ST. THOMAS, AND THE PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION -- Chapter 22 PHILOSOPHY AND SPIRITUALITY: CULTIVATING A VIRTUE -- Chapter 23 ST. tHOMAS AND THE ONTOLOGY OF PRAYER -- Chapter 24 ST. THOMAS, LYING, AND VENIAL SIN -- Chapter 25 COMMUNION WITH THE TRADITION: FOR THE BELIEVER WHO IS A PHILOSOPHER -- Methodological Postscript -- Chapter 26 ''OBIECTUM'': NOTES ON THE INVENTION OF A WORD. |
Chapter 27 ST. THOMAS AND MORAL TAXONOMY -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This title focuses on morals, how human beings should live their lives. The essays included treat the history of philosophy as a development that proceeds by deepening appreciation of basic questions rather than the constant replacement of one worldview by another. |
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