By developing a philosophical reconstruction of the moral philosophy that underlies the Secunda Pars of the Summa Theologiae of Thomas Aquinas, Jean Porter illuminates Aquinas' theory of morality and shows its relevance to contemporary Christian ethics.
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Porter, a Roman Catholic moral theologian, shows the relevance of the greatest of medieval theologians to contemporary ethical reflection. She sees dialog about Aquinas as necessary to overcoming the recent fragmentation in Christian ethics and to bridging the gap between absolutism and proportionalism, between nature interpreted by science and the particularism of history/community, and various ideas of love as source of moral norms. An important book for moral philosophers and clergy, this book is recommended for seminary and large academic libraries.
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Jean Porter is John A. O'Brien Professor of Theology at the University of Notre Dame in Notre Dame, Indiana. Porter serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of Religious Ethics and the British journal Studies in Christian Ethics.
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The interpretation of Aquinas' theory of morality to be developed in this book is based on his Summa Theolagiae, which he began in 1266 and which remained incomplete at his death in 1274. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
humanly good life, subrational creatures, affective virtues, normative equality, human good consists, specific perfection, proximate norm, fundamental inclinations, putative action, truly virtuous person, moral species, simple fornication, incontinent person, natural happiness, wider goods, incommensurability thesis, accordance with reason, determinate kind, permanent significance Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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The interpretation of Aquinas' theory of morality to be developed in this book is based on his Summa Theolagiae, which he began in 1266 and which remained incomplete at his death in 1274. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
humanly good life, subrational creatures, affective virtues, normative equality, human good consists, specific perfection, proximate norm, fundamental inclinations, putative action, truly virtuous person, moral species, simple fornication, incontinent person, natural happiness, wider goods, incommensurability thesis, accordance with reason, determinate kind, permanent significance Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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- Summa Theologiae: Volume 2, Existence and Nature of God: 1a. 2-11 (Summa Theologiae (Cambridge University Press)) by Thomas Aquinas on 13 pages
- Summa Theologiae by St.Thomas Aquinas on 13 pages
- Natural Law, Vol. 1 (The International Library of Essays in Law & Legal Theory, Schools 1.1) by John Finnis on 7 pages
- A Community of Character: Toward a Constructive Christian Social Ethic by Stanley Hauerwas on 6 pages
- The Nicomachean Ethics (Oxford World's Classics) by Aristotle on 6 pages
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- Sharing in Christ's Virtues: For a Renewal of Moral Theology in Light of Veritatis Splendor by Livio Melina in Front Matter, page 159, and Back Matter
- The Moral Quest: Foundations of Christian Ethics by Stanley J. Grenz in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Christian Contradictions: The Structures of Lutheran and Catholic Thought by Daphne Hampson on page 86, and Back Matter
- Freeing Theology: The Essentials of Theology in Feminist Perspective by Catherine M. Lacugna on page 232, and page 234
- By Knowledge and by Love: Charity and Knowledge in the Moral Theology of St. Thomas Aquinas by Michael S. Sherwin on page 55, and Back Matter
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