Book contents
- The New Cambridge Companion to Aquinas
- Other Volumes in the Series of Cambridge Companions
- The New Cambridge Companion to Aquinas
- Copyright page
- For our teachers
- Contents
- Contributors
- Abbreviations
- A Select List of Aquinas’s Works
- Introduction
- Part I Life and Works
- Part II Metaphysics and the Ultimate Foundation of Reality
- Part III Epistemology
- Part IV Ethics
- 10 Grace and Free Will
- 11 From Metaethics to Normative Ethics
- 12 Infused Virtues, Gifts, and Fruits
- Part V Philosophical Theology
- Bibliography
- Index
- Other Volumes in the Series of Cambridge Companions (continued from page ii)
11 - From Metaethics to Normative Ethics
from Part IV - Ethics
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 30 July 2022
Book contents
- The New Cambridge Companion to Aquinas
- Other Volumes in the Series of Cambridge Companions
- The New Cambridge Companion to Aquinas
- Copyright page
- For our teachers
- Contents
- Contributors
- Abbreviations
- A Select List of Aquinas’s Works
- Introduction
- Part I Life and Works
- Part II Metaphysics and the Ultimate Foundation of Reality
- Part III Epistemology
- Part IV Ethics
- 10 Grace and Free Will
- 11 From Metaethics to Normative Ethics
- 12 Infused Virtues, Gifts, and Fruits
- Part V Philosophical Theology
- Bibliography
- Index
- Other Volumes in the Series of Cambridge Companions (continued from page ii)
Summary
The nature of Aquinas’s ethical theory has often been the subject of debate among scholars. During much of the twentieth century, he was regarded as holding a natural law theory. In more recent years, recognition of his extensive discussion on virtue has led scholars to argue for a virtue-based account. Currently, an important debate centers on what counts as genuine virtues for Aquinas.
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- The New Cambridge Companion to Aquinas , pp. 257 - 284Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022