Ethics as a work of charity : Thomas Aquinas and pagan virtue /
Decosimo, Joseph David, 1979-
Ethics as a work of charity : Thomas Aquinas and pagan virtue / David Decosimo. - 1 online resource - Encountering traditions . - Encountering traditions. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Thomas and his outsiders -- God, good, and the desire of all things -- The perfection of habit -- Pagan virtue : perfect, unified, and true -- "The virtue of many gentiles" -- Boundaries and ends -- Honest goods -- Infidelitas and final end conceptions -- Sin and the limits of virtue -- The other face of grace.
David Decosimo examines Thomas Aquinas's conception of 'pagan virtue' - of whether non-Christians or those without grace can lead truly virtuous lives - and explains how that vision relates to the substance of his ethics and his way of doing moral theology. Sketching a vision for Thomas's ongoing significance for religious and political life that it calls 'prophetic Thomism', the book offers a new vision of his synthesis, an interpretation of his ethics, and a constructive proposal for welcoming outsider virtue without abandoning one's own commitments.
9780804791700 (electronic bk.) 0804791708 (electronic bk.)
22573/ctvqrpps5 JSTOR
Thomas, Aquinas, Saint, 1225?-1274 --Ethics.
Thomas, Aquinas, Saint, 1225?-1274.
Thomas von Aquin, Heiliger 1225-1274
Christianity and other religions.
Virtue.
Ethics.
Virtues.
Christianisme--Relations.
Vertus.
Morale.
ethics (philosophy)
RELIGION--Christian Theology--Ethics.
RELIGION--Theology.
Christianity and other religions.
Ethics.
Virtue.
Moraltheologie
Ethik
Tugend
Christentum
Electronic books.
B765.T54 / D375 2014eb
241/.042092
Ethics as a work of charity : Thomas Aquinas and pagan virtue / David Decosimo. - 1 online resource - Encountering traditions . - Encountering traditions. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Thomas and his outsiders -- God, good, and the desire of all things -- The perfection of habit -- Pagan virtue : perfect, unified, and true -- "The virtue of many gentiles" -- Boundaries and ends -- Honest goods -- Infidelitas and final end conceptions -- Sin and the limits of virtue -- The other face of grace.
David Decosimo examines Thomas Aquinas's conception of 'pagan virtue' - of whether non-Christians or those without grace can lead truly virtuous lives - and explains how that vision relates to the substance of his ethics and his way of doing moral theology. Sketching a vision for Thomas's ongoing significance for religious and political life that it calls 'prophetic Thomism', the book offers a new vision of his synthesis, an interpretation of his ethics, and a constructive proposal for welcoming outsider virtue without abandoning one's own commitments.
9780804791700 (electronic bk.) 0804791708 (electronic bk.)
22573/ctvqrpps5 JSTOR
Thomas, Aquinas, Saint, 1225?-1274 --Ethics.
Thomas, Aquinas, Saint, 1225?-1274.
Thomas von Aquin, Heiliger 1225-1274
Christianity and other religions.
Virtue.
Ethics.
Virtues.
Christianisme--Relations.
Vertus.
Morale.
ethics (philosophy)
RELIGION--Christian Theology--Ethics.
RELIGION--Theology.
Christianity and other religions.
Ethics.
Virtue.
Moraltheologie
Ethik
Tugend
Christentum
Electronic books.
B765.T54 / D375 2014eb
241/.042092