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more information - www.cambridge.org/9781107002678 AQUINAS AND THE NICOMACHEAN ETHICS Aristotle’sNicomacheanEthicsisthetextthathadthesinglegreatest influenceonAquinas’sethicalwritings,andthehistoricalandphilo- sophicalvalueofAquinas’sappropriationofthistextprovokeslively debate.Inthisvolumeofnewessays,13distinguishedscholarsexplore howAquinasreceives,expandson,andtransformsAristotle’sinsights about the attainability of happiness, the scope of moral virtue, the foundation of morality, and the nature of pleasure. They examine Aquinas’s commentary on the Ethics and his theological writings, above all the Summa theologiae. Their essays show Aquinas to be a highly perceptive interpreter, but one who also brings certain pre- suppositions to the Ethics and alters key Aristotelian notions for his ownpurposes.TheresultisarichandnuancedpictureofAquinas’s relation to Aristotle that will be of interest to readers in moral phi- losophy, Aquinas studies, the history of theology and the history of philosophy. Tobias Hoffmann is Associate Professor of Philosophy at The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC. His most recent bookisCreaturaintellecta(2002)andhehaseditedseveralantholo- gies,includingACompaniontoAngelsinMedievalPhilosophy(2012). Jo¨rnMu¨llerisProfessoroftheHistoryofPhilosophyattheUniversity ofWu¨rzburg.HismostrecentbookisWillensschwa¨cheinAntikeund Mittelalter(2009)andhehaseditedseveralanthologies,includinga collectionofcommentariesonPlato’sPhaedo(2011). Matthias Perkams is Lecturer in Ancient and Medieval Philosophy attheUniversityofJena.HismostrecentbookisSelbstbewusstseinin der Spa¨tantike (2008). He has edited several anthologies and Latin- Germantexteditions,mostrecentlyPeterAbaelard,TheologiaSchol- arium(2010). AQUINAS AND THE NICOMACHEAN ETHICS edited by ¨ ¨ TOBIAS HOFFMANN, JORN MULLER, AND MATTHIAS PERKAMS UniversityPrintingHouse,Cambridgecb28bs,UnitedKingdom PublishedintheUnitedStatesofAmericabyCambridgeUniversityPress,NewYork CambridgeUniversityPressispartoftheUniversityofCambridge. ItfurtherstheUniversity’smissionbydisseminatingknowledgeinthepursuitof education,learningandresearchatthehighestinternationallevelsofexcellence. www.cambridge.org Informationonthistitle:www.cambridge.org/9781107002678 (cid:2)c CambridgeUniversityPress2013 Thispublicationisincopyright.Subjecttostatutoryexception andtotheprovisionsofrelevantcollectivelicensingagreements, noreproductionofanypartmaytakeplacewithoutthewritten permissionofCambridgeUniversityPress. Firstpublished2013 PrintedintheUnitedKingdombyCPIGroupLtd,CroydonCR04YY AcataloguerecordforthispublicationisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary LibraryofCongressCataloguinginPublicationdata AquinasandtheNicomacheanethics/editedbyTobiasHoffmann, JornMuller,andMatthiasPerkams. pages cm Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex. isbn978-1-107-00267-8(hardback) 1.Thomas,Aquinas,Saint,1225?–1274. 2.Aristotle.Nicomacheanethics. 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Contents Contributors pagevii Acknowledgements viii Abbreviations ix 1 Introduction 1 TobiasHoffmann,Jo¨rnMu¨ller,andMatthiasPerkams 2 HistoricalaccuracyinAquinas’scommentaryontheEthics 13 T.H.Irwin 3 StructureandmethodinAquinas’sappropriationof Aristotelianethicaltheory 33 MichaelPakaluk 4 Duplexbeatitudo:Aristotle’slegacyandAquinas’sconceptionof humanhappiness 52 Jo¨rnMu¨ller 5 Aquinasonchoice,will,andvoluntaryaction 72 MatthiasPerkams 6 Losablevirtue:Aquinasoncharacterandwill 91 BonnieKent 7 Aquinas’sAristoteliandefenseofmartyrcourage 110 JenniferA.Herdt 8 Beingtruthfulwith(orlyingto)othersaboutoneself 129 KevinFlannery,S.J. 9 AquinasonAristotelianjustice:defender,destroyer,subverter, orsurveyor? 146 JeffreyHause v vi Contents 10 Prudenceandpracticalprinciples 165 TobiasHoffmann 11 Aquinasonincontinenceandpsychologicalweakness 184 MartinPickav´e 12 PhiliaandCaritas:someaspectsofAquinas’sreceptionof Aristotle’stheoryoffriendship 203 MarkoFuchs 13 Pleasure,asupervenientend 220 KevinWhite 14 Aristotle,Aquinas,Anscombe,andthenewvirtueethics 239 CandaceVogler Bibliography 258 Indexofnames 273 Contributors kevin flannery, s. j. isProfessoroftheHistoryofAncientPhilosophy attheGregorianUniversityinRome. marko fuchs is Research Associate in Philosophy at the University of Bamberg. jeffrey hause isAssociateProfessorofPhilosophyandofClassicaland NearEasternStudiesatCreightonUniversity. jennifer a. herdt isProfessorofChristianEthicsatYaleUniversity. tobias hoffmann isAssociateProfessorofMedievalPhilosophyatThe CatholicUniversityofAmerica. t.h.irwinisProfessorofAncientPhilosophyintheUniversityofOxford. bonnie kent is Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, Irvine. jo¨rn mu¨ller isProfessoroftheHistoryofPhilosophyattheUniversity ofWu¨rzburg. michael pakaluk is Professor of Philosophy and Chair of the Depart- mentofPhilosophyatAveMariaUniversity. matthias perkams is Lecturer in Ancient and Medieval Philosophy at theUniversityofJena. martin pickave´ is Canada Research Chair in Medieval Philosophy at theUniversityofToronto. candace vogler istheDavidB.andClaraE.SternProfessorofPhilos- ophyattheUniversityofChicago. kevin white is Associate Professor of Medieval Philosophy at The CatholicUniversityofAmerica. vii Acknowledgements Wearegratefulabovealltotheauthorsfortheirexcellentcontributionsto thisvolume.OurthanksarealsoduetoHilaryGaskinforhervaluablesug- gestions,aswellastoherstaffatCambridgeUniversityPress.Additionally, wewouldliketoexpressourgratitudetoFrancisFeingold,whoundertook linguisticrevisions,proofreadthemanuscript,andcompiledtheindex,and toElenaMarchettiforheradviceinfindingasuitablecoverimage.Finally, wewouldliketothanktheAlexandervonHumboldtFoundationandThe CatholicUniversityofAmericafortheirsupportofthisproject. viii
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