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Defending probabilism : the moral theology of Juan Caramuel
- Title
- Defending probabilism : the moral theology of Juan Caramuel / Julia A. Fleming.
- Author
- Fleming, Julia A.
- Publication
- Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, [2006], ©2006.
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- Description
- xxiii, 201 pages; 23 cm.
- Summary
- "The theologian Juan Caramuel, a Spanish Cistercian monk whom Alphonso Liguori famously characterized as "the prince of laxists," has been regarded as one of the more extreme - and notorious - proponents of probabilism. As the only full-length English study of Caramuel's theological method, Defending Probabilism seeks to reappraise Caramuel's legacy, claiming that his model of moral thinking, if better understood, can actually be of help to the Church today." "In applying Caramuel's legacy to our own time, Defending Probabilism calls for a reconsideration of the value of provisional moral knowledge. Julia Fleming's careful and balanced study shows that history matters, and that to attain any position on moral certitude is a difficult and painstaking process."--BOOK JACKET.
- Series Statement
- Moral traditions series
- Uniform Title
- Moral traditions series.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [153]-194) and index.
- Contents
- Ch. 1. Situating probabilism : the ethical theory and its significance for Caramuel -- Ch. 2. Advocating probabilism : Caramuel's early writings and the proof-texts they provided for his critics -- Ch. 3. Using probabilism : avoiding improbable warfare and making peace with protestants -- Ch. 4. Protecting probabilism : the Apologema as an answer to probabilism's critics -- Ch. 5. Explaining probabilism : the Apologema's project of education -- Ch. 6. Redefining probabilism : the Dialexis de Non-Certitudine -- Afterword : remembering probabilism : the contemporary significance of Caramuel's legacy.
- ISBN
- 1589011139 (alk. paper)
- 9781589011137 (alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2006003008
- 9781589011137
- OCLC
- OCM63390554
- 63390554
- SCSB-5297587
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries