Aquinas's Moral Theory : : Essays in Honor of Norman Kretzmann / / ed. by Scott MacDonald, Eleonore Stump.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Backlist 2000-2013
• MitwirkendeR: Aertsen, Jan A.,; Ashworth, E. Jennifer,; Boler, John,; Jordan, Mark D.,; Kenny, Anthony,; King, Peter,; MacDonald, Scott,; Matthews, Gareth B.,; Spade, Paul Vincent,; Stump, Eleonore,
• HerausgeberIn: MacDonald, Scott,; Stump, Eleonore,
• Place / Publishing House: Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2018]; ©2008
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (296 p.)

Aquinas's discussions of moral issues are extensive, and range well beyond the narrowly defined set of issues in the modern tradition of moral philosophy. This volume explores the ethical dimensions of a wide selection of philosophical and theological topics in Aquinas's texts. It covers topics central to ethics, such as happiness, moral virtue, and natural law, as well as related topics pertaining to the metaphysical basis of Aquinas's account of goodness, the ramifications of his ethical concerns for his philosophy of language, and the significance of his philosophical psychology for his ethics.The volume is divided into three sections focusing, respectively, on issues concerning moral theory and moral theology, moral psychology and practical reason, and moral theory in philosophy of language and metaphysics. The authors-distinguished scholars of medieval philosophy-bring to these issues a variety of approaches and viewpoints. By creatively sampling the breadth of Aquinas's reflections on ethical issues and exploring some of the significant connections that tie his moral thought to other parts of his philosophical and theological system, they display the richness and depth of Aquinas's moral thinking.Contributors: Jan A. Aertsen, Thomas-Institut, Cologne; E. Jennifer Ashworth, University of Waterloo; John Boler, University of Washington; Mark D. Jordan, Emory University; Anthony Kenny, Oxford University; Peter King, University of Toronto; Scott MacDonald, Cornell University; Gareth B. Matthews, University of Massachusetts, Amherst; Paul Vincent Spade, Indiana University; Eleonore Stump, Saint Louis University

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Modern Editions of Aquinas's Works -- Introduction -- I. Moral Theory And Moral Theology -- Aquinas on Aristotelian Happiness -- Wisdom: Will, Belief, and Moral Goodness -- Saint Thomas and the Principle of Double Effect -- Ideals of Scientia moralis and the Invention of the Summa theologiae -- II. Moral Psychology And Practical Reason -- Aquinas on the Passions -- Practical Reasoning and Reasons-Explanations: Aquinas's Account of Reason's Role in Action -- Aquinas on Exceptions in Natural Law -- III. Moral Theory In Philosophy Of Language And Metaphysics -- Aquinas on Significant Utterance: Interjection, Blasphemy, Prayer -- Thomas Aquinas on the Good: The Relation between Metaphysics and Ethics -- Degrees of Being, Degrees of Goodness: Aquinas on Levels of Reality -- Norman Kretzmann's Publications on Aquinas -- Contributors -- References to Aquinass Works -- Index of Names