The perspective of the acting person : essays in the renewal of thomistic moral philosophy / Martin Rhonheimer ; edited with an introduction by William F. Murphy, Jr.
| Author/creator | Rhonheimer, Martin, 1950- |
| Other author | Murphy, William F., Jr. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Washington, D.C. : Catholic University of America Press, ©2008. |
| Description | xxxix, 329 pages ; 23 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents only |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction / by William F. Murphy, Jr. -- Is Christian morality reasonable? : on the difference between secular and Christian humanism -- Norm-ethics, moral rationality, and the virtues : what's wrong with consequentialism? -- "Intrinsically evil acts" and the moral viewpoint : clarifying a central teaching of veritatis splendor -- Intentional actions and the meaning of object : a reply to Richard McCormick -- The cognitive structure of the natural law and the truth of subjectivity -- Practical reason and the "naturally rational" : on the doctrine of the natural law as a principle of praxis in Thomas Aquinas -- The moral significance of pre-rational nature in Aquinas : a reply to Jean Porter (and Stanley Hauerwas) -- The cognitive structure of the natural law and the truth of subjectivity -- The perspective of the acting person and the nature of practical reason : the "object of the human act" in thomistic anthropology of action -- Practical reason and the truth of subjectivity : the self-experience of the moral subject at the roots of metaphysics and anthropology -- Review of Jean Porter's Nature as reason : a thomistic theory of the natural law. |
| Bibliography note | "Martin Rhonheimer publications": p. 317-323. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [307]-316) and index. |
| LCCN | 2007015719 |
| ISBN | 9780813215112 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0813215110 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Joyner | General Stacks | BJ 255.T5 R46 2008 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |