A companion to Luis de Molina / edited by Matthias Kaufmann & Alexander Aichele.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kaufmann, Matthias, 1955- editor.

Aichele, Alexander, editor.

Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Series:

Brill's companions to the Christian tradition ; v. 50.

Brill's companions to the Christian tradition, 1871-6377 ; v. 50

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Molina, Luis de, 1535-1600.

Molina, Luis de.

Physical Description:

xxxviii, 505 pages ; 25 cm.

Other Title:

Luis de Molina

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2014.

Summary:

This handbook examines the main works, tradition and reception of Luis de Molina (1535-1600), one of the most brilliant and most important authors of Spanish Scholasticism. His reflections on human freedom and God's foreknowledge initiated a theological movement called "Molinism" Although his second magnum opus, the six volume of De uystutua es uyte us much less well-known, it contains important theoretical developments such as the re-emphasis on subjective law, according to Joseph Höffner the most approach to economy. The influence of Molina's thought on the history of philosophy cannot be underestimated since there is not only a Molinistic movement, but also a significant impact of Molina's terms on the philosophy of Leibniz and Kant. This volume characterizes Molina for his relevance to the development of modern concepts and theories and provides a long-needed philosophical introduction to Molina's Concordia and to essential parts of De iustitia et iure, which takes into account both the systematic problems and the most important historic issues as well. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part 1 Freedom of Will and God's Providence

The Real Possibility of Freedom: Luis de Molina's Theory of Absolute Willpower in Concordia I / Alexander Aichele Aichele, Alexander 3

I Freedom 4

II Will 7

III Will's Power 13

IV Real Possibility of Absolute Freedom 29

V Existence of Freedom 52

Divine Foreknowledge of Future Contingents and Necessity / Petr Dvorak Dvorak, Petr 55

I A Broader Perspective on Foreknowledge: Divine Causation 55

II The Ground of Foreknowledge 60

III The Implication of Necessity 81

Predestination as Transcendent Teleology: Molina and the First Molinism / Juan Cruz Cruz Cruz, Juan Cruz 89

I Ideological Presuppositions 89

II Predestination and Human Freedom 98

Part 3 A Rights-Based Theory of Law

Rights and dominium / Jörg Alejandro Tellkamp Tellkamp, Jörg Alejandro 125

I Introduction 125

II The Historical Context 127

III Right and dominium in Luis de Molina's De iustitia et iure 132

TV Approaching Justice and Right 133

V Approaching dominium 139

VI Conclusion 152

Luis de Molina on Law and Power / Annabel Brett Brett, Annabel 155

I Introduction: Molina on Justice 155

II Section 1: Power 164

III Section 2: Law 174

Slavery between Law, Morality, and Economy / Matthias Kaufmann Kaufmann, Matthias 183

Introductory Remarks 183

I Slavery in the Late 16th Century 184

II Justifications of Slavery and the Titles of "Just" Enslavement 190

III How the Portuguese Slave Trade Developed-and in Which Cases Enslavement Was Just 201

IV Molina's Moral Evaluation of Slavery 207

V On the Right Treatment of Slaves and the Rights of Slaves 215

VI On the Road to Abolitionism? 222

Luis de Molina: On War / João Manuel A.A. Fernandes Fernandes, João Manuel A.A. 227

I Introduction: Origin and Content of Molina's Theory of War 227

II Cases of Conscience 229

III The Ethics for the Violent Multitude 335

IV The Treatment of Innocents 236

V The War Against the Whole Humanity and the Position of the Catholic Church 239

VI War as Change in the Order of Property 244

VII The Legitimacy of War 246

VIII The Problem of Just War and Just War on Both Sides 250

LX Decriminalizing of Warfare and Economic Profit 253

X Conclusion 255

The Economic Thought of Luis de Molina / Rudolf Schüssler Schüssler, Rudolf 257

I The Genre "De iustitia et iure" 260

II Property 265

III The Just Price 269

IV Money and Exchange 272

V Usury 276

VI Liberalism 283

VII Molina's Impact on Scholastic Economic Thought 285

VIII Conclusion 287

Part 3 Molina's Medieval Sources and the Following Debates in Modern Times

Molina and Aquinas / Romanus Cessario Cessario, Romanus 291

Introduction 291

I Historical Settings 293

II Religious Formation 295

III The Jesuits 297

IV Contemplation and Action 301

V Eclectic Thomist 306

VI Molina's Views 309

VII Spirituality of Freedom 316

Conclusion 321

Molina and John Duns Scotus / Jean-Pascal Anfray Anfray, Jean-Pascal 325

I Scotus on the Will 327

II Time and Modality 330

III Scotus on the Ground of God's Knowledge of Future Contingents 334

IV Reconciling God's Foreknowledge with Human Free Will 340

V Molina on Liberum arbitrium 342

VI Divine Concurrence 348

VII With Scotus, against Eternalist Solutions to the Foreknowledge Dilemma 351

VIII Divine predeterminations and Concomitant Decrees: Molina's Critiques of Scotism 352

IX Scientia Media and Divine Ideas: Some Modal Issues 357

X Conclusion. Should a Scotist endorse Middle Knowledge? 363

The Philosophical Impact of Molinism in the 17th Century / Francesco Piro Piro, Francesco 365

I Molinism: Definitions of the Ambiguities of a Classification 365

II "Molinism" as Anthropology (Points i-ii-iii) 375

III Divine Foreknowledge and Providence (Points iv-v-vi) 389

Conclusions 401

"Ludewig" Molina and Kant's Libertarian Compatibilism / Wolfgang Ertl Ertl, Wolfgang 405

I Kant's Compatibilism, Preliminaries 409

II Baumgarten on inteliectus del 427

III Kant's Criticism of Leibniz's Answer to Molina 433

IV Molinist Elements in Kant's Critical Solution 442.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 447-465) and indexes.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

9789004228238

9004228233

OCLC:

861673999

Publisher Number:

99956959010