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The Specification of Human Actions in St Thomas Aquinas

  • Hardback
  • 286 pages
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
  • 14 x 21.6 x 2.1 cm

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For scholars and students of moral philosophy

Clarifies Aquinas's complex moral action terms

You will gain deeper insights into ethical decision-making

Explore the intricate moral framework of human actions as defined by St Thomas Aquinas.
Thomas Aquinas believed that human actions have species, such as theft or almsgiving. A problem arises, however, concerning his teaching on how such moral kinds are determined. Aquinas uses five different terms - end, object, matter, circumstance, and motive - to identify what gives species to human actions. Although similarities in meaning can be discerned between certain of these terms, apparent differences between others make it difficult to grasp how all five could refer to what specifies human actions. Joseph Pilsner examines and compares Aquinas's understanding of these five terms to see if a consistent account of his teaching on specification can be proposed.
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  • Author

    Joseph Pilsner

  • Book Format

    Hardback

  • Publisher

    Oxford University Press

  • Published

    April 2006

  • Weight

    432g

  • Page Count

    286

  • Dimensions

    14 x 21.6 x 2.1 cm

  • ISBN

    9780199286058

  • ISBN-10

    0199286051

  • Eden Code

    1147392

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