Aquinas, Ethics, and Philosophy of Religion
Subtitle: Metaphysics and Practice (Indiana Series in the Philosophy of Religion)
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: May 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 236
ISBN-13: 9780253348814
Subjects: Medieval & Scholastic philosophy; Ethics & Moral Philosophy; History & Surveys - Medieval; Epistemology; Metaphysics; Philosophy; Ethics; Religion
Description: "In Aquinas, Ethics, and Philosophy of Religion, Thomas Hibbs recovers the notion of practice to develop a more descriptive account of human action and knowing, grounded in the venerable vocabulary of virtue and vice. Drawing on Aquinas, who believed that all good works originate from virtue, Hibbs postulates how epistemology, ethics, metaphysics, and theology combine into a set of contemporary philosophical practices that remain open to metaphysics. Hibbs brings Aquinas into conversation with analytic and Continental philosophy and suggests how a more nuanced appreciation of his thought enriches contemporary debates. This book offers readers a new appreciation of Aquinas and articulates a metaphysics integrally related to ethical practice."--BOOK JACKET.