Reclaiming moral agency
Subtitle: the moral philosophy of Albert the Great
By: by Stanley B. Cunningham.
Publisher: Catholic University of America Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 294
ISBN-13: 9780813215402
Subjects: Albertus, -- Magnus, Saint, -- 1193?-1280 -- Ethics; Ethics, Medieval
Description: "Reclaiming Moral Agency provides a comprehensive analysis of the moral philosophy of Albert the Great (1200-1280) the first and only such undertaking in English. It lays out what is, with rare exceptions, an unknown, ignored, or poorly understood aspect of Albert's humanism. It also fills in a major lacuna in both the history of medieval philosophy and the wider history of moral theory."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Albert and the career of virtue theory; title: Modern virtue theory as foreground to Albert's moral philosophy; title: Albert's ethical treatises; title: The significance of Albert's moral treatises in early-thirteenth-century moral philosophy; title: Approaching the moral order; title: Meta-ethical reflections on "moral science" and its procedures; title: The metaphysics of the good; title: The architecture of moral goodness; title: The genesis of virtue : intrinsic causes; title: The genesis of virtue : extrinsic causes; title: The concept of virtue; title: The organization of the virtues; title: The passions; title: Morality, obligation, and law; title: Natural law; title: Virtue's rewards; title: Friendship; title: Last ends and happiness; title: Conclusion: Albertus redux.