Reclaiming moral agency
Cunningham, Stanley B., 1934-
Reclaiming moral agency the moral philosophy of Albert the Great / [electronic resource] : Stanley B. Cunningham. - Washington, D.C. : Catholic University of America Press, c2008. - xii, 294 p.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-287) and index.
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.
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Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
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Albertus, Magnus, Saint, 1193?-1280 --Ethics.
Ethics, Medieval.
Electronic books.
B765.A44 / C86 2008eb
170.92
Reclaiming moral agency the moral philosophy of Albert the Great / [electronic resource] : Stanley B. Cunningham. - Washington, D.C. : Catholic University of America Press, c2008. - xii, 294 p.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-287) and index.
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.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Albertus, Magnus, Saint, 1193?-1280 --Ethics.
Ethics, Medieval.
Electronic books.
B765.A44 / C86 2008eb
170.92