Aquinas and the Nicomachean Ethics

Herausgeber: Hoffmann, Tobias; Perkams, Matthias; Muller, Jorn

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Produktbeschreibung

This book discusses Aquinas's reception of Aristotle's work, exploring how Aquinas adopts, corrects or transforms key themes from Aristotle's ethics.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 286
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. April 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 570g
• ISBN-13: 9781107002678
• ISBN-10: 1107002672
• Artikelnr.: 37801301

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction Tobias Hoffmann, Jörn Müller and Matthias Perkams; 2.
Historical accuracy in Aquinas's commentary on the Ethics T. H. Irwin; 3.
Structure and method in Aquinas's appropriation of Aristotelian ethical
theory Michael Pakaluk; 4. Duplex beatitudo: Aristotle's legacy and
Aquinas's conception of human happiness Jörn Müller; 5. Aquinas on choice,
will, and voluntary action Matthias Perkams; 6. Losable virtue: Aquinas on
character and will Bonnie Kent; 7. Aquinas's Aristotelian defense of martyr
courage Jennifer Herdt; 8. Being truthful with (or lying to) others about
oneself Kevin Flannery, SJ; 9. Aquinas on Aristotelian justice: defender,
destroyer, subverter, or surveyor? Jeffrey Hause; 10. Prudence and
practical principles Tobias Hoffmann; 11. Aquinas on incontinence and
psychological weakness Martin Pickavé; 12. Philia and caritas: some aspects
of Aquinas's reception of Aristotle's theory of friendship Marko Fuchs; 13.
Pleasure: a supervenient end Kevin White; 14. Aristotle, Aquinas, Anscombe,
and the new virtue ethics Candace Vogler.