The Difficult Good: A Thomistic Approach to Moral Conflict And Human Happiness - Couverture rigide

McInerny, Daniel J.

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ISBN 10 : 0823226212 ISBN 13 : 9780823226214

Editeur : Fordham University Press, 2006

Synopsis

The claim that human agents are vulnerable to tragic conflict, situations in which one cannot help but do wrong, is a commonplace in contemporary moral philosophy. This book draws on Thomas Aquinas's moral thought in order to delineate an alternative view. While affirming that the human good can be attained only through difficulty, including the difficulty of moral conflict, it argues that Aquinas's understanding of a natural, hierarchical ordering of human goods allows for the rational resolution of moral conflict in a way that avoids tragic necessity.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Daniel McInerny is Associate Director of the Center for Ethics and Culture at the University of Notre Dame.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Fordham University Press
• Date d'édition: 2006
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0823226212
• ISBN 13: 9780823226214
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 200
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible