Thomas Aquinas on Cardinal Virtues [Paperback]

Christopher Kaczor (Author), Thomas Sherman (Author), SJ (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 15, 2009

Arranged for beginners, Aquinas on the Cardinal Virtues contains select passages from the treatment of justice, temperance, courage, and practical wisdom found in Thomas's Summa theologiae. Copious footnotes treat matters of historical, philosophical, and theological interest to the contemporary reader making this book ideal for classroom use or individual study.

Editorial Reviews

Review

I think the authors of this book, Christopher Kaczor and Father Thomas Sherman, were inspired when they hit upon the idea of providing a summary of the cardinal virtues such as this. Here you will find a discussion of the virtue needed to make right judgments about the good, the virtue of prudence. You will find discussion of the two virtues that enable us to act well despite the tug of our emotions, the virtues of temperance and courage. Finally, the virtue of justice deals with the fact that we are members of communities, the family, the city, and not isolated and autonomous individuals. Christopher Kaczor and Father Sherman have put us all in their debt. The idea for this book was a great one; its execution is marvelous. The rest is up to the reader. --Ralph McInerny

About the Author

Christopher Kaczor holds a Ph.D. from the University of Notre Dame and is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Loyola Marymount University. A Fulbright Scholar, he is the author of How to Stay Catholic in College, Aquinas on Faith, Hope, and Love, Proportionalism and the Natural Law Tradition, The Edge of Life: Human Dignity and Contemporary Bioethics, and Life Issues, Medical Choices (with Janet E. Smith). Fr. Thomas Sherman, S.J. holds a Ph.D. from the University of Toronto and is former Associate Professor of Philosophy at Loyola Marymount University. He is the author of scholarly articles on the Nicomachean Ethics of Aristotle as well as on the intersection of Western and Eastern philosophy.

Product Details

• Paperback: 482 pages
• Publisher: Sapientia Press of Ave Maria University (January 15, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1932589511
• ISBN-13: 978-1932589511
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,567,001 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Dr. Christopher Kaczor is currently Professor of Philosophy at Loyola Marymount University. Raised in Seattle, Dr. Kaczor graduated from Boston College (1992) and holds a Ph.D. (1996) from the University of Notre Dame. He did post-doctoral work in Germany at the Universität zu Köln as a Fulbright Scholar in 2002-2003. Dr. Kaczor has been interviewed on issues of ethics, philosophy, and religion for newspapers and radio stations across the country as well as on television on EWTN, ABC, NBC, Fox, CBS, MSNBC, and The Today Show. His website is http://myweb.lmu.edu/ckaczor/