Moral Action and Christian Ethics

ISBN-13: 9780521657105 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 254 str.

Jean Porter; Robin Gill; Stephen R. L. Clark

Opis

How do we decide whether an action is right or wrong? Recently, moral philosophers have moved away from the claim that we can find one definite solution to every moral problem by means of clearly established moral rules. While sympathetic to their critiques of modern moral theories, Porter questions whether these critiques go far enough in offering a positive alternative to a modern view of the moral act. Instead, she returns to Aquinas, and seeks to reclaim his understanding of the moral act as a product of interdependent moral virtues.

Recenzje

'The ambition of this book is complex and worthwhile, and, much to the author's credit, it has been substantially achieved.' Studies in Christian Ethics

Spis treści

General editor's preface; Preface; Introduction; 1. The moral act, moral theory, and the logical limits of rules; 2. The meaning of morality; 3. Moral judgement in context; 4. Moral acts and acts of virtue; 5. The virtues reformulated; Notes; Bibliography; Index.