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- catalog abstract "In this study John Bowlin argues that Aquinas's moral theology receives much of its character and content from an assumption about our common lot: the good we desire is difficult to know in particular, and difficult to will even when it is known, 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 also assumes that it is fortune that makes good choice difficult. And since it is the virtues that perfect choice, Aquinas finds he must treat a number of topics in light of this difficulty; the moral and theological virtues, the first precepts of the natural law, the voluntariness of virtuous action, and the happiness available to us in this life. By noting that Aquinas proceeds in this way, with an eye on fortune's threats to virtue, agency, and happiness, Bowlin places him more precisely in the history of ethics, among Aristotle, Augustine, and the Stoics.".
- catalog contributor b10890374.
- catalog created "1999.".
- catalog date "1999".
- catalog date "1999.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1999.".
- catalog description "1. Virtue and difficulty -- 2. The contingency of the human good -- 3. Natural law and the limits of contingency -- 6. Virtue and discontent -- 5. Virtue and fortune.".
- catalog description "By noting that Aquinas proceeds in this way, with an eye on fortune's threats to virtue, agency, and happiness, Bowlin places him more precisely in the history of ethics, among Aristotle, Augustine, and the Stoics.".
- catalog description "In this study John Bowlin argues that Aquinas's moral theology receives much of its character and content from an assumption about our common lot: the good we desire is difficult to know in particular, and difficult to will even when it is known, 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 also assumes that it is fortune that makes good choice difficult. And since it is the virtues that perfect choice, Aquinas finds he must treat a number of topics in light of this difficulty; the moral and theological virtues, the first precepts of the natural law, the voluntariness of virtuous action, and the happiness available to us in this life.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 222-231) and index.".
- catalog extent "xiv, 234 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0521620198 (hardback)".
- catalog isPartOf "Cambridge studies in religion and critical thought ; 6".
- catalog issued "1999".
- catalog issued "1999.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press,".
- catalog subject "171/.2/092 21".
- catalog subject "B765.T54 B65 1999".
- catalog subject "Contingency (Philosophy) Moral and ethical aspects History.".
- catalog subject "Fortune Moral and ethical aspects History.".
- catalog subject "Thomas, Aquinas, Saint, 1225?-1274 Ethics.".
- catalog subject "Thomas, Aquinas, Saint, 1225?-1274.".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. Virtue and difficulty -- 2. The contingency of the human good -- 3. Natural law and the limits of contingency -- 6. Virtue and discontent -- 5. Virtue and fortune.".
- catalog title "Contingency and fortune in Aquinas's ethics / John Bowlin.".
- catalog type "text".