Acting on Principles
A Thomistic Perspective in Making Moral Decisions
Published on 1. July 2010
246 pages
978-1-63087-835-1 (ISBN)
Description
Acting on Principles, the product of over thirty years of teaching, gives a comprehensive overview of the Moral Theology of St. Thomas Aquinas, placing it in dialogue with contemporary ethical theory and developments in Catholic theology since the Second Vatican Council. Suitable for students of ethics and moral theology, and general readers seeking Christian guidance in the formation of conscience and moral decision making, it presents the classical Catholic ethical tradition in a clear and lively style.
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A Thomistic Perspective in Making Moral Decisions
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Fr. Janko Zagar, O.P., a Catholic priest of the Dominican Order, is Emeritus Professor of Moral Theology and former Academic Dean of the Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California. He is author of Bentham et la France, as well as numerous articles on moral theology and the thought of St. Thomas Aquinas.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part 1: The Meaning of Human Life
- Chapter 1: Acting for a Purpose
- Chapter 2: Happiness as Basic Motivation
- Chapter 3: Christian Perspective on Happiness
- Part 2: Conditions of Responsibility
- Chapter 4: The Nature of Voluntariness
- Chapter 5: Structure of Human Acts
- Part 3: Moral Good and Evil
- Chapter 6: The Nature of the Distinction
- Chapter 7: Situation Morality
- Chapter 8: Conscience
- Chapter 9: Social and Spiritual Dimension of Human Activity
- Part 4: Emotions
- Chapter 10: Nature and Morality of Emotions in General
- Chapter 11: Love, Pleasure, and Pain
- Part 5: Moral Formation
- Chapter 12: Dispositions
- Chapter 13: Human Virtue
- Chapter 14: The Supernatural Dimension of Morality
- Bibliography
