The moral virtues and theological ethics / Romanus Cessario.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cessario, Romanus.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Virtues.

Christian ethics--Catholic authors.

Christian ethics.

Physical Description:

xi, 235 pages ; 22 cm

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Notre Dame, Ind. : University of Notre Dame Press, [2009]

Contents:

Preface to the second edition

Introduction

The moral virtues and Christian faith

Issues in philosophy and theology

Virtues and the Gospel

Realist moral theology

Human psychology and Gospel grace

Habitus, character, and growth

Habitus and Christian kenosis

Habitus and personality

Development of habitus

What is a moral virtue?

Moral virtue and the goal of Christian life

The nature of moral virtue

Virtue and human capacities

Christian faith and disordered emotions

Prudence and the moral virtues

Communio and the moral life

The role of prudence

Prudence and divine providence

What causes the moral virtues to develop?

Moral virtue and the theological life

Virtues in nature

Acquired virtue

Infused virtue

How to distinguish infused from acquired virtue

Dynamics of infused virtues

Characteristics of the virtues

Distinctiveness of Christian teaching

The mean of virtue

Connection of the virtues

Equality of the virtues

After veritatis splendor : the moral virtues and Catholic moral thought

Miraculous herrings

The casuist eclipse

The Thomist influence on magisterial teaching

Allergy to imposed moral obligation

Classical teaching on the Christian virtues.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-227) and indexes.

ISBN:

9780268022976

0268022976

OCLC:

227031662