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Aquinas On the Twofold Human Good : title: Reason and Human Happiness in Aquinas's Moral Science author: Bradley, Denis J. M.; Aristotle. publisher: Catholic University of America Press isbn10 | asin: 0813209528 print isbn13: 9780813209524 ebook isbn13: 9780813210506 language: English Thomas, Aquinas, Saint,--1225?-1274-- Ethics, Christian ethics--History--Middle subject Ages,--600-1500, Ethics, Medieval, Man (Christian Theology)--History of doctrines-- Middle Ages,--600-1500, Man. publication date: 1996 lcc: BJ1278.5.T48.B73 1996eb ddc: 171/.2/092 Thomas, Aquinas, Saint,--1225?-1274-- Ethics, Christian ethics--History--Middle subject: Ages,--600-1500, Ethics, Medieval, Man (Christian Theology)--History of doctrines-- Middle Ages,--600-1500, Man. Page iii Aquinas On the Twofold Human Good Reason and Human Happiness in Aquinas's Moral Science Denis J. M. Bradley Page iv Copyright © 1997 The Catholic University of America Press All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America The Hellenica font used to print the Greek in this work is available from Linguist's Software, Inc., PO Box 580, Edmonds, WA 980200580; Telephone: (425) 7751130. The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standards for Information SciencePermanence of Paper for Printed Library materials, ANSI Z39.481984. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Bradley, Denis J. M., 1943 Aquinas on the twofold human good: reason and human happiness in Aquinas's moral science / Denis J. M. Bradley. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. I. Thomas, Aquinas, Saint, 1225?1274Ethics. 2. Christian ethics HistoryMiddle Ages, 6001500. 3. Ethics, Medieval. 4. Man (Christian Theology)History of doctrinesMiddle Ages, 6001500. 5. Man. 6. Aristotle. Nicomachean ethics. I. Title. BJ1278.5.T48B73 1996 171'.2 '092dc20 968286 ISBN 0813208610 ISBN 0813209528 (pbk.) Page v For Robert Paul Holman and Robert James Rokusek "Ecce quam bonum et quam iucundum habitare fratres in unum." Page vii Contents Preface xi Acknowledgments xiv I. Aquinas's Theological Ethics 1. Philosophy, Theology, and "Moral Theory" I3 2. "Christian Philosophy" I24 3. "Christian Philosophy" and Philosophical Pluralism I31 4. Autonomous Thomistic Philosophy I41 5. Faith and Reason I49 6. Theology and Moral Science I52 7. Revelation and Human Intelligence I55 8. Revelation and Morality I58 II. Science and Theology 1. Aristotelian Science II63 2. "Certitude" II68 3. The "Subject" of Theology II78 4. Reason and Revelation II79 5. Philosophy and Theology II84 6. Philosophy and Aquinas's Moral Science II-88 7. Theology and "Sacred Doctrine" II-91 Page viii III. Aquinas Reading Aristotle 1. Aquinas's Aristotelian "Commentaries" III102 2. Aquinas's Theological Point of View III108 3. Ethics in a Theological Context III128 4. Eternal Law and Natural Law III134 IV. Aristotle: Practical Wisdom 1. Reason and Desire IV138 2. Aristotle: Practical Reasoning IV155 3. Indemonstrable Principles IV167 4. Knowledge of First Principles IV172 5. Is Aristotle's Ethics a "Science"? IV184 V. Aristotle: Deliberation and Choice 1. "The Narrow View" V199 2. The Expanded View of Aristotelian "Phronesis" V207 3. "Phronesis" and the Ultimate End of Human Life V227 4. Dialectic and Ethics V234 5. Aligning Aristotle and Aquinas V237 VI. Practical Reason: The Primary Source of Natural Law 1. Practical Reason and Natural Law VI257 2. Metaphysics and Ethics VI260 3. The Practical Sciences VI266 4. Ethics and the "Metaphysics of Action" VI272 5. Ontological and Moral Goodness VI275 6. Moral Goods and the First Practical Principle VI282 7. Theoretical Explanations of Practical Goods VI288 8. Indemonstrable Practical Principles VI296 9. The Generic Character of the First Practical VI313 Principle 10. The Basic Ends of Practical Reason VI319 Page ix VII. Will: The Secondary Source of Natural Law 1. Natural Desire VII323 2. The Twofold Operation of the Intellect VII326 3. The Cognitive and Appetitive Sources of the VII332 Natural Law 4. Practical Judgments VII338 5. The Intellectual and Volitional Elements of the VII340 Complete Human Act 6. Prescription VII347 7. "Commands" VII353 8. "Voluntarism " VII355 9. Necessity and Freedom VII361 10. The Divine Intellect and Will VII364 VIII. Imperfect and Perfect Happiness 1. The Pertinence of Metaphysics VIII369 2. Ethics and Politics VIII371 3. Aristotelian Eudaimonia: Inclusivist or VIII377 Exclusivist? 4. The Instrumental Value of Moral Virtue VIII383 5. The Intrinsic Value of Moral Virtue VIII387 6. Contemplation and Politics VIII390 7. Aquinas On "Imperfect Happiness" VIII395
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