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Good and Evil Actions: A Journey through Saint Thomas Aquinas
Steven J. Jensen
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Paperback. Modern philosophy has long dismissed the traditional moral notion that some actions are inherently good or evil, claiming rather that actions lack clear boundaries and have no set nature, whether good, evil, or anything else. This title tackles the Thomistic debate surrounding the inherent good and evil of human actions. Num Pages: 324 pages, ill. BIC Classification: HPCB; HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 139 x 25. Weight in Grams: 524.
Modern philosophy has long dismissed the traditional moral notion that some actions are inherently good or evil, claiming rather that actions lack clear boundaries and have no set nature, whether good, evil, or anything else. We might expect to find resources to rebut these consequentialist assertions in the perennial philosophy of St. Thomas Aquinas. Unfortunately, the analysis of the moral species within Aquinas confounds even the most resolute. Thomists are far from unanimity on the very questions at issue, such as the role of intention in moral judgment and the importance of the exterior or 'physical' act. One influential reading ... Read more
Modern philosophy has long dismissed the traditional moral notion that some actions are inherently good or evil, claiming rather that actions lack clear boundaries and have no set nature, whether good, evil, or anything else. We might expect to find resources to rebut these consequentialist assertions in the perennial philosophy of St. Thomas Aquinas. Unfortunately, the analysis of the moral species within Aquinas confounds even the most resolute. Thomists are far from unanimity on the very questions at issue, such as the role of intention in moral judgment and the importance of the exterior or 'physical' act. One influential reading ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The Catholic University of America Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
324
Place of Publication
Washington, United States
ISBN
9780813217277
SKU
V9780813217277
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About Steven J. Jensen
Steven J. Jensen is associate professor of philosophy at the University of St. Thomas in Houston and specialises in the areas of ethics and medieval philosophy. He is the author of Good and Evil Actions: A Journey through Saint Thomas Aquinas (CUA Press).
Reviews for Good and Evil Actions: A Journey through Saint Thomas Aquinas
An extraordinarily clear and complete synthesis of the philosophy involved in St. Thomas's understanding of the specification of human acts. Jensen delivers a compact presentation both of Thomas's thought on the topic and of the main current interpretations thereof."
Stephen L. Brock, Professor of Medieval Philosophy, Pontifical University of the Holy Cross "A significant original contribution to a currently robust ... Read more
Stephen L. Brock, Professor of Medieval Philosophy, Pontifical University of the Holy Cross "A significant original contribution to a currently robust ... Read more