Aquinas on Virtue - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Aquinas on Virtue write by Nicholas Austin. This book was released on 2017. Aquinas on Virtue available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Aquinas on Virtue is an original interpretation of one of the most compelling accounts of virtue in the Western tradition, that of the great theologian and philosopher Thomas Aquinas. This book offers a systematic analysis of Aquinas on the nature, genesis, and role of virtue in human life.
Aquinas and the Infused Moral Virtues
Aquinas and the Infused Moral Virtues - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Aquinas and the Infused Moral Virtues write by Angela McKay Knobel. This book was released on 2021-10-15. Aquinas and the Infused Moral Virtues available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This study locates Aquinas’s theory of infused and acquired virtue in his foundational understanding of nature and grace. Aquinas holds that all the virtues are bestowed on humans by God along with the gift of sanctifying grace. Since he also holds, with Aristotle, that we can create virtuous dispositions in ourselves through our own repeated good acts, a question arises: How are we to understand the relationship between the virtues God infuses at the moment of grace and virtues that are gradually acquired over time? In this important book, Angela McKay Knobel provides a detailed examination of Aquinas’s theory of infused moral virtue, with special attention to the question of how the infused and acquired moral virtues are related. Part 1 examines Aquinas’s own explicit remarks about the infused and acquired virtues and considers whether and to what extent a coherent “theory” of the relationship between the infused and acquired virtues can be found in Aquinas. Knobel argues that while Aquinas says almost nothing about how the infused and acquired virtues are related, he clearly does believe that the “structure” of the infused virtues mirrors that of the acquired in important ways. Part 2 uses that structure to evaluate existing interpretations of Aquinas and argues that no existing account adequately captures Aquinas’s most fundamental commitments. Knobel ultimately argues that the correct account lies somewhere between the two most commonly advocated theories. Written primarily for students and scholars of moral philosophy and theology, the book will also appeal to readers interested in understanding Aquinas’s theory of virtue.
The Second-Person Perspective in Aquinas’s Ethics
The Second-Person Perspective in Aquinas’s Ethics - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Second-Person Perspective in Aquinas’s Ethics write by Andrew Pinsent. This book was released on 2013-10-18. The Second-Person Perspective in Aquinas’s Ethics available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Thomas Aquinas devoted a substantial proportion of his greatest works to the virtues. Yet, despite the availability of these texts (and centuries of commentary), Aquinas’s virtue ethics remains mysterious, leaving readers with many unanswered questions. In this book, Pinsent argues that the key to understanding Aquinas’s approach is to be found in an association between: a) attributes he appends to the virtues, and b) interpersonal capacities investigated by the science of social cognition, especially in the context of autistic spectrum disorder. The book uses this research to argue that Aquinas’s approach to the virtues is radically non-Aristotelian and founded on the concept of second-person relatedness. To demonstrate the explanatory power of this principle, Pinsent shows how the second-person perspective gives interpretation to Aquinas’s descriptions of the virtues and offers a key to long-standing problems, such as the reconciliation of magnanimity and humility. The principle of second-person relatedness also interprets acts that Aquinas describes as the fruition of the virtues. Pinsent concludes by considering how this approach may shape future developments in virtue ethics.
Treatise on the Virtues
Treatise on the Virtues - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Treatise on the Virtues write by St. Thomas Aquinas. This book was released on 2019-08-15. Treatise on the Virtues available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In his Treatise on the Virtues, Aquinas discusses the character and function of habit; the essence, subject, cause, and meaning of virtue; and the separate intellectual, moral, cardinal, and theological virtues. His work constitutes one of the most thorough and incisive accounts of virtue in the history of Christian philosophy. John Oesterle's accurate and elegant translation makes this enduring work readily accessible to the modern reader.
Commentary on Thomas Aquinas's Virtue Ethics
Commentary on Thomas Aquinas's Virtue Ethics - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Commentary on Thomas Aquinas's Virtue Ethics write by J. Budziszewski. This book was released on 2017-05-04. Commentary on Thomas Aquinas's Virtue Ethics available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This guide to St Thomas Aquinas' virtue ethics provides commentary on essential texts, rendering them accessible to all readers.
