Abuse of Casuistry : A History of Moral Reasoning / Jonsen/Toulmin; ed. by Albert R. Jonsen, Stephen Toulmin.

Format:

Datafile

Author/Creator:

Jonsen/Toulmin, Author.

Contributor:

Jonsen, Albert R., Editor.

Toulmin, Stephen, Editor.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (432 p.)

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [1988]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

In this engaging study, the authors put casuistry into its historical context, tracing the origin of moral reasoning in antiquity, its peak during the sixteenth and early seventeenth century, and its subsequent fall into disrepute from the mid-seventeenth century.

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Mrz 2024)

ISBN:

0-520-35279-3