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 t...

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