Disputed Questions on Virtue

Disputed Questions on Virtue

Author: Thomas Aquinas

Publisher: Hackett Publishing

Published: 2012-09-15

Total Pages: 426

ISBN-13: 1603844449

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The third volume of The Hackett Aquinas, a series of central philosophical treatises of Aquinas in new, state-of-the-art translations accompanied by a thorough commentary on the text.


Disputed Questions on Virtue

Disputed Questions on Virtue

Author: Saint Thomas Aquinas

Publisher: Hackett Publishing

Published: 2010-03-12

Total Pages: 429

ISBN-13: 0872209253

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Introduction and Commentary by Jeffrey Hause. The third volume of The Hackett Aquinas, a series of central philosophical treatises of Aquinas in new, state-of-the-art translations accompanied by a thorough commentary on the text.


Thomas Aquinas: Disputed Questions on the Virtues

Thomas Aquinas: Disputed Questions on the Virtues

Author: Thomas Aquinas

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2005-06-02

Total Pages: 352

ISBN-13: 9781139443357

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The great medieval philosopher Thomas Aquinas (1224/6-1274) was Dominican regent master in theology at the University of Paris, where he presided over a series of questions - academic debates - on ethical topics. This volume offers translations of disputed questions on the nature of virtues in general, the fundamental or 'cardinal' virtues of practical wisdom, justice, courage, and temperateness, the divinely bestowed virtues of hope and charity, and the practical question of how, when and why one should rebuke a 'brother' for wrongdoing. The introduction explains how Aquinas's theory of virtue fits into his ethics as a whole, and it illuminates Aquinas's views by explaining the institutional and intellectual context in which these disputed questions were debated.


Thomas Aquinas: Disputed Questions on the Virtues

Thomas Aquinas: Disputed Questions on the Virtues

Author: Thomas Aquinas

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2005-06-02

Total Pages: 344

ISBN-13: 9780521776615

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The great medieval philosopher Thomas Aquinas (1224/6-1274) was Dominican regent master in theology at the University of Paris, where he presided over a series of academic debates on ethical topics. This volume offers new translations of disputed questions on the nature of virtue. The introduction explains how Aquinas' theory of virtue fits into his conception of ethics as a whole, and clarifies Aquinas's views by explaining the institutional and intellectual context in which the disputed questions were debated.


Commentary on Thomas Aquinas's Virtue Ethics

Commentary on Thomas Aquinas's Virtue Ethics

Author: J. Budziszewski

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2017-05-04

Total Pages: 325

ISBN-13: 1107165784

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This guide to St Thomas Aquinas' virtue ethics provides commentary on essential texts, rendering them accessible to all readers.


Aquinas on Virtue

Aquinas on Virtue

Author: Nicholas Austin

Publisher: Georgetown University Press

Published: 2017

Total Pages: 258

ISBN-13: 1626164738

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Aquinas on Virtue is an original interpretation of one of the most compelling accounts of virtue in the Western tradition, that of the great theologian and philosopher Thomas Aquinas. This book offers a systematic analysis of Aquinas on the nature, genesis, and role of virtue in human life.


The Second-Person Perspective in Aquinas’s Ethics

The Second-Person Perspective in Aquinas’s Ethics

Author: Andrew Pinsent

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-10-18

Total Pages: 173

ISBN-13: 1136479147

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Thomas Aquinas devoted a substantial proportion of his greatest works to the virtues. Yet, despite the availability of these texts (and centuries of commentary), Aquinas’s virtue ethics remains mysterious, leaving readers with many unanswered questions. In this book, Pinsent argues that the key to understanding Aquinas’s approach is to be found in an association between: a) attributes he appends to the virtues, and b) interpersonal capacities investigated by the science of social cognition, especially in the context of autistic spectrum disorder. The book uses this research to argue that Aquinas’s approach to the virtues is radically non-Aristotelian and founded on the concept of second-person relatedness. To demonstrate the explanatory power of this principle, Pinsent shows how the second-person perspective gives interpretation to Aquinas’s descriptions of the virtues and offers a key to long-standing problems, such as the reconciliation of magnanimity and humility. The principle of second-person relatedness also interprets acts that Aquinas describes as the fruition of the virtues. Pinsent concludes by considering how this approach may shape future developments in virtue ethics.


The Cardinal Virtues

The Cardinal Virtues

Author: St. Thomas Aquinas

Publisher: Hackett Publishing

Published: 2005-01-01

Total Pages: 196

ISBN-13: 9780872207455

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This newly translated and streamlined compilation of the texts on prudence, justice, fortitude, and temperance from the Summa Theologica II-II follows the question-and-answer format of the original while omitting almost all appeals to authority. Minor objections and replies have also been omitted. A general Introduction to the moral thought of Thomas Aquinas, introductory notes on the texts, an extensive glossary of key terms, and a selective bibliography supplement the texts.


Uneasy Virtue

Uneasy Virtue

Author: Julia Driver

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2001-04-23

Total Pages: 160

ISBN-13: 1139430025

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The predominant view of moral virtue can be traced back to Aristotle. He believed that moral virtue must involve intellectual excellence. To have moral virtue one must have practical wisdom - the ability to deliberate well and to see what is morally relevant in a given context. Julia Driver challenges this classical theory of virtue, arguing that it fails to take into account virtues which do seem to involve ignorance or epistemic defect. Some 'virtues of ignorance' are counterexamples to accounts of virtue which hold that moral virtue must involve practical wisdom. Modesty, for example, is generally considered to be a virtue even though the modest person may be making an inaccurate assessment of his or her accomplishments. Driver argues that we should abandon the highly intellectualist view of virtue and instead adopt a consequentialist perspective which holds that virtue is simply a character trait which systematically produces good consequences.