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Aquinas's Ethics - Metaphysical Foundations, Moral Theory, and Theological Context (Hardcover)
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Aquinas's Ethics - Metaphysical Foundations, Moral Theory, and Theological Context (Hardcover)
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The purpose of Aquinas's Ethics is to place Thomas Aquinas's moral
theory in its full philosophical and theological context and to do
so in a way that makes Aquinas (1224/5-1274) readily accessible to
students and interested general readers, including those
encountering Aquinas for the first time. Rebecca Konyndyk DeYoung,
Colleen McCluskey, and Christina Van Dyke begin by explaining
Aquinas's theories of the human person and human action, since
these ground his moral theory. In their interpretation, Aquinas's
theological commitments crucially shape his account of the human
person, human capacities for action, and human flourishing. The
authors develop a comprehensive picture of Aquinas's thought, which
is designed to help students understand how his concept of
happiness and the good life are part of a coherent,
theologically-informed worldview. Many studies of Aquinas naturally
focus on certain areas of his thought and tend to assume a general
knowledge of the whole. Aquinas's Ethics takes the opposite
approach: it intentionally links his metaphysics and anthropology
to his action theory and ethics to illuminate how the moral theory
is built on foundations laid elsewhere. The authors emphasize the
integration of concepts of virtue, natural law, and divine grace
within Aquinas's ethics, rather than treating such topics in
isolation or opposition. Their approach, presented in clear and
deliberately non-specialist language, reveals the coherent nature
of Aquinas's account of the moral life and of what fulfills us as
human beings. The result is a rich and engaging framework for
further investigation of Aquinas's thought and its applications.
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