Reclaiming moral agency : the moral philosophy of Albert the Great / Stanley B. Cunningham.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cunningham, Stanley B., 1934-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Albertus, Magnus, Saint, 1193?-1280--Ethics.

Albertus.

Ethics, Medieval.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (308 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Catholic University of America Press, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the moral philosophy Albert the Great (1200-1280)--the first and only such undertaking in English.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-287) and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-8132-1840-3

OCLC:

647018261