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Acts Amid Precepts
Author | : Kevin L. Flannery |
Publsiher | : CUA Press |
Total Pages | : 356 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 0813209889 |
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"Although most natural law ethical theories recognize moral absolutes, there is not much agreement even among natural law theorists about how to identify them. The author argues that in order to understand and determine the morality (or immorality) of a human action, it must be considered in relation to the organized system of human practices within which it is performed. Such an approach, he argues, is to be found in the natural law theory of Thomas Aquinas, especially once it is recognized that the logical structure of Aquinas's ethical theory is basically that of an Aristotelian science." "The book will be useful to students and scholars interested in ethics, especially from an Aristotelian and/or Thomistic perspective. One appendix reproduces the Leonine text of the De malo (question 6), with facing English translation. Another appendix provides facing Latin text and English translation of the Summa Theologiae I-II (question 94, article 2)."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
The Oxford Handbook of Aquinas
Author | : Brian Davies,Eleonore Stump |
Publsiher | : OUP USA |
Total Pages | : 606 |
Release | : 2012-01-25 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 9780195326093 |
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This volume collects 38 essays on the life, work, and influence of Thomas Aquinas, undoubtedly the greatest Christian theologian-philosopher in the medieval tradition. The two editors have divided their work into eight parts, each focusing on a major area or theme. In addition to the expected chapters on Thomas's metaphysics, natural theology, epistemology, and ethics, readers will find sections devoted to Thomas's theory of language, the historical background to his thought (Greek philosophy; Augustinian theology; Jewish and Islamic sources), and a consideration of the influence of his writings on later philosophical and theological traditions.
Thomas Aquinas on the Metaphysics of the Human Act
Author | : Can Laurens Löwe |
Publsiher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 241 |
Release | : 2021-07-08 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 9781108833646 |
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This book argues that, for Aquinas, a human act exhibits a structure analogous to that of a material object.
Good and Evil Actions
Author | : Steven J. Jensen |
Publsiher | : CUA Press |
Total Pages | : 342 |
Release | : 2010-03 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 9780813217277 |
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In Good and Evil Actions, Steven J. Jensen navigates a path through the debate, retrieving what is of value from each interpretation
The Perspective of the Acting Person
Author | : Martin Rhonheimer |
Publsiher | : CUA Press |
Total Pages | : 375 |
Release | : 2008-02 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 9780813215112 |
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The Perspective of the Acting Person introduces readers to one of the most important and provocative thinkers in contemporary moral philosophy
Human Action in Thomas Aquinas John Duns Scotus and William of Ockham
Author | : Thomas Michael Osborne |
Publsiher | : CUA Press |
Total Pages | : 280 |
Release | : 2014 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 9780813221786 |
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This book sets out a thematic presentation of human action, especially as it relates to morality, in the three most significant figures in Medieval Scholastic thought: Thomas Aquinas, John Duns Scotus, and William of Ockham
Acts Intentions and Moral Evaluation
Author | : Craig M. White |
Publsiher | : Taylor & Francis |
Total Pages | : 165 |
Release | : 2022-12-27 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 9781000810967 |
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This book argues that the moral quality of an act comes from the agent’s inner states. By arguing for the indispensable relevance of intention in the moral evaluation of acts, the book moves against a mainstream, "objective" approach in normative ethics. It is commonly held that the intentions, knowledge, and volition of agents are irrelevant to the moral permissibility of their acts. This book stresses that the capacities of agency, rather than simply the label "agent," must be engaged during an act if its moral evaluation is to be coherent. The author begins with an ontological argument that an act is a motion or a causing of change in something else. He argues that the source of an act’s moral meaning is in the agent: specifically, what the agent, if aware of relevant facts around her, aims to accomplish. He then moves to a series of critical chapters that consider arguments for mainstream approaches to act evaluation, including Thomson’s dismissal of the agent knowledge and volition requirements, Scanlon’s arguments for a derivative relevance of intentions to permissibility, Frowe’s "causal roles" of agents in the moral evaluation of acts, and Bennett’s explicit defense of the objective approach. The book concludes by offering the author’s preferred replacement for the objective approach, an Aristotelian-Thomist view of acts. Acts, Intentions, and Moral Evaluation will be of interest to scholars and advanced students working in ethics, just war theory, the ethics of self-defense, and philosophy of action.
Global Capitalism Culture and Ethics
Author | : Richard A. Spinello |
Publsiher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 272 |
Release | : 2022-04-06 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9781000549690 |
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This book seeks to deepen the reader’s understanding of the complex ethical and social disputes that corporations and managers face in an increasingly globalized world. It reviews the history and nature of global capitalism along with the role of the multinational within the global economy. Special attention is paid to emerging and frontier markets where there is economic potential but also major challenges due to institutional voids. Globalization is a constantly evolving field. In addition to exploring basic economic concepts and ethical frameworks, this second edition takes into account many new developments across different industries, ranging from "Big Tech" to "Big Pharma." It reviews some of the controversies that have affected those industries including bribery, censorship, the politics of computer networking, sweatshops, divestment, and the intensifying crisis of climate change. The book now includes short case studies to help spur creative reflection. Also, the revised content is highlighted in two new chapters – "Bribery and Corruption" and "Emerging and Frontier Markets." The book is ideal for use as a textbook on globalization, and specifically for courses that want to introduce a social responsibility or ethical component at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels.