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Reclaiming moral agency the moral philosophy of Albert the Great

Title
Reclaiming moral agency [electronic resource] : the moral philosophy of Albert the Great / Stanley B. Cunningham.
Author
Cunningham, Stanley B., 1934-
Publication
Washington, D.C. : Catholic University of America Press, c2008.

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Description
1 online resource (xii, 294 p.)
Uniform Title
Reclaiming moral agency (Online)
Alternative Title
Reclaiming moral agency (Online)
Subject
  • Albertus, Magnus, Saint, 1193?-1280 > Ethics
  • Ethics, Medieval
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-287) and index.
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  • Access restricted to authorized users.
Contents
Albert and the career of virtue theory -- Modern virtue theory as foreground to Albert's moral philosophy -- Albert's ethical treatises -- The significance of Albert's moral treatises in early-thirteenth-century moral philosophy -- Approaching the moral order -- Meta-ethical reflections on "moral science" and its procedures -- The metaphysics of the good -- The architecture of moral goodness -- The genesis of virtue : intrinsic causes -- The genesis of virtue : extrinsic causes -- The concept of virtue -- The organization of the virtues -- The passions -- Morality, obligation, and law -- Natural law -- Virtue's rewards -- Friendship -- Last ends and happiness -- Conclusion: Albertus redux.
LCCN
2008020524
OCLC
ssj0000803103
Author
Cunningham, Stanley B., 1934-
Title
Reclaiming moral agency [electronic resource] : the moral philosophy of Albert the Great / Stanley B. Cunningham.
Imprint
Washington, D.C. : Catholic University of America Press, c2008.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-287) and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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Available onsite at NYPL
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