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Record Nr.

UNINA9910828866403321

Autore

DeYoung Rebecca Konyndyk

Titolo

Aquinas's ethics : metaphysical foundations, moral theory, and theological context / / Rebecca Konyndyk DeYoung, Colleen McCluskey, and Christina Van Dyke

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Notre Dame, Ind., : University of Notre Dame Press, c2009

ISBN

0-268-08453-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (260 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

McCluskeyColleen <1957->

DykeChristina van <1972->

Disciplina

241/.042092

Soggetti

Ethics, Medieval

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 (p. 190-236) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- Half title -- Title page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Part One: Human Nature -- One: The Metaphysics of Human Nature -- Two: Soul and Body -- Three: Human Capacities and the Image of God -- Part Two: Human Actions -- Four: Actions and Ends -- Five: The Moral Appraisal of Actions -- Six: Habits and Freedom -- Part Three: Human Flourishing -- Seven: The Virtues -- Eight: Law and Grace -- Nine: Theologically Transformed Virtue and Vice -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

This work places Thomas Aquinas's moral theory in its full philosophical and theological context in a way that makes Aquinas accessible to students and interested general readers.