Aquinas on the emotions : a religious-ethical inquiry / Diana Fritz Cates.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cates, Diana Fritz.

Series:

Moral traditions series.

Moral traditions series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Christian ethics--Catholic authors.

Christian ethics.

Emotions--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.

Emotions.

Thomas, Aquinas, Saint, 1225?-1274.

Thomas.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (299 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

All of us want to be happy and live well. Sometimes intense emotions affect our happiness-and, in turn, our moral lives. Our emotions can have a significant impact on our perceptions of reality, the choices we make, and the ways in which we interact with others. Can we, as moral agents, have an effect on our emotions? Do we have any choice when it comes to our emotions? In Aquinas on the Emotions, Diana Fritz Cates shows how emotions are composed as embodied mental states. She identifies various factors, including religious beliefs, intuitions, images, and questions that can affect the formati

Contents:

Religious ethics

Religious ethics and the study of emotion

Approaching Aquinas on emotion (l)

Approaching Aquinas on emotion (ll)

Approaching the human sensory appetite from below (l)

Approaching the human sensory appetite from below (ll)

Approaching the human sensory appetite from above (l)

Approaching the human sensory appetite from above (ll)

The formation of distinctively human emotions

The religious ethical study of emotion

Aquinas on the powers or capabilities of a human being (relevant selections).

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781589017184

1589017188

OCLC:

638860200