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Contingency and Fortune in Aquinas's Ethics

Contingency and Fortune in Aquinas's Ethics

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Series: Cambridge Studies in Religion and Critical Thought, Book 6

PhilosophyReligion General General Christianity

ISBN10: 0521620198
ISBN13: 9780521620192
Publisher: Cambridge
Published: Jun 28 1999
Pages: 250
Weight: 1.00
Height: 0.70 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.10
Language: English
Bowlin argues that the strength of Aquinas' moral theology is his assumption about our common lot: the good we desire is difficult to know and to will, particularly because of contingencies of various kinds--within ourselves, in the ends and objects we pursue, and in the circumstances of choice. Since contingencies are fortune's effects, Aquinas insists that fortune makes good choice difficult. Bowlin explores Aquinas' treatment of virtue, agency, and happiness in this context, and places him more precisely in the history of ethics, among Aristotle, Augustine, and the Stoics.

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