Reclaiming moral agency the moral philosophy of Albert the Great /

Main Author: Cunningham, Stanley B., 1934-
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : Catholic University of America Press, c2008.
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Online Access:http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ucy/Doc?id=10642529
Table of Contents:
  • Albert and the career of virtue theory
  • Modern virtue theory as foreground to Albert's moral philosophy
  • Albert's ethical treatises
  • The significance of Albert's moral treatises in early-thirteenth-century moral philosophy
  • Approaching the moral order
  • Meta-ethical reflections on "moral science" and its procedures
  • The metaphysics of the good
  • The architecture of moral goodness
  • The genesis of virtue : intrinsic causes
  • The genesis of virtue : extrinsic causes
  • The concept of virtue
  • The organization of the virtues
  • The passions
  • Morality, obligation, and law
  • Natural law
  • Virtue's rewards
  • Friendship
  • Last ends and happiness
  • Conclusion: Albertus redux.