Aquinas
Subtitle: Disputed Questions on the Virtues
Contributors: Atkins, E. M. (E. Margaret); Williams, Thomas; Ameriks, Karl; Clarke, Desmond M.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Cambridge
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 345
ISBN-13: 9780511114816
Subjects: Medieval Ethics; Christian ethics
Description: Aquinas 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 new translations of disputed questions and an introduction that explains how Aquinas's theory of virtue fits into his ethics as a whole.
Notes: Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: Cover; Half-Title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Introduction; From natural law to virtue; Three reasons we need the virtues; Natural law and the virtues: affective virtues; Natural law and justice; Natural law and practical wisdom; Natural and supernatural goods; An application: the question on brotherly correction; Natural and supernatural virtues; A summary of the argument; Chronology; Further reading; Primary texts; Studies; Translator's note on the text; Abbreviations; Disputed Questions on the Virtues; On the Virtues in General.; title: Article 1: Whether the virtues are dispositionsArticle 2: Whether the definition of virtue given by Augustine is appropriate, i.e. 'virtue is a good quality of mind by ... ; Article 3: Whether a capacity of the soul can be a possessor of virtue; Article 4: Whether the aggressive or the sensual parts of the soul can be the possessors of virtue; Article 5: Whether the will is a possessor of virtue; Article 6: Whether virtue is found in practical intelligence as its p.