Richard Kilvington's Quaestiones super libros Ethicorum
Subtitle: a critical edition with an introduction
By: by Monika Michałowska
Contributors: Michałowska, Monika, writer of introduction
Series: Studien und Texte zur Geistesgeschichte des Mittelalters -- Band 121; Studien und Texte zur Geistesgeschichte des Mittelalters -- Bd. 121.
Publisher: Brill
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Leiden; Boston
Language: lat
Number of pages: 341
ISBN-13: 9789004331549; 9789004331556
Subjects: Ethics; Early works to 1800; Rezeption; Ethik; Scholastik; Aristotelismus; Nicomachean ethics (Aristotle)
Work titles: Quaestiones super libros Ethicorum
Description: Among the commentaries on Aristotle's 'Nicomachean Ethics' produced in the Middle Ages, that of Richard Kilvington is one of the most thought-provoking. Kilvington adopts a unique perspective of argumentation in which he applies concepts and terminology from the fields of logic and physics to ethical dilemmas. This unprecedented approach allows him to formulate original solutions to various ethical problems. He concentrates on the will, moral weakness, the relationship between the will and prudence, the change of virtues and vices, and the nature of ethical objects. The presented commentary is a valuable record of the philosophical debates at Oxford in the 14th century.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Latin and English.
Table of contents: title: Quaestiones super libros Ethicorum; title: Quaestio I-Utrum omnis virtus moralis ex operibus generetur; title: Quaestio II-Utrum virtutes morales ex defectu et superabundantia corrumpantur; title: Quaestio III-Utrum quilibet virtuosus in operibus sibi propriis delectetur; title: Quaestio IV-Utrum voluntas suos actus producat libere; title: Quaestio V-Utrum fortitudo sit medietas circa audacias et timores; title: Quaestio VI-Utrum male operantes sint a legislatoribus puniendi; title: Quaestio VII-Utrum liberalitas sit circa pecunias medietas; title: Quaestio VIII-Utrum magnanimus dignificet se honoribus sibi dignis; title: Quaestio IX-Utrum iustitia sit virtus moralis perfecta; title: Quaestio X-Utrum prudentia sit habitus cum recta ratione activus circa hominis bona et mala.