Growing in virtue : Aquinas on habit / William C. Mattison III.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mattison, William C., III, 1971- author.

Series:

Moral traditions series

Moral traditions

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Thomas, Aquinas, Saint, 1225?-1274.

Thomas.

Habit (Philosophy).

Virtue.

Christian ethics.

Physical Description:

xi, 253 pages ; 23 cm.

Other Title:

Aquinas on habit

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : Georgetown University Press, [2023]

Summary:

"This book provides a Thomistic account of growing in virtue. That account requires a precise explanation of what habits are, why they are needed, and what they supply once possessed. The book begins with a technical analysis of habit based on the thought of Thomas Aquinas. That analysis supplies a foundation for the two central parts of the book. The author first offers an account on the attainment of and growth in acquired virtue, in dialogue with contemporary moral philosophy and addressing recent debates in moral theology. He then offers an account of the attainment of and growth in infused virtue, in a manner attentive to the continuities and discontinuities between natural and supernatural virtues. In conclusion, the book has two appendices, written in the genre of the Scholastic "disputed question," on the relationship between the acquired and infused virtues"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Habits : Second Nature Perfections of Personal Potential

Distinguishing Habits and Dispositions : Stability and Rationality

Becoming Disposed : Nature and Nurture

Attaining Properly Human Habits : Acquired Virtues

Growing in Acquired Virtue : Crossing the Line and Various Ways of Growing

Attaining Supernatural Habits : Infused Virtue

Growing in Infused Virtue : Crossing the Line and Various ways of Growing.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-245) and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Mattison, William C., III, 1971- Growing in virtue

ISBN:

9781647123277

1647123275

9781647123284

1647123283

OCLC:

1351894397