Conscience and other virtues : from Bonaventure to MacIntyre /

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Conscience, once a core concept for ethics, has mostly disappeared from modern moral theory. In this book Douglas Langston traces its intellectual history to account for its neglect while arguing for its still vital importance, if correctly understood. In medieval times, Langston shows in Part I, th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Langston, Douglas C.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, ©2001.
Temas:
Conscience.
Virtues.
Conscience > History.
Conscience > history.
Ethics > history
Conscience
Conscience (Morale)
Vertus.
Conscience (Morale) > Histoire.
PHILOSOPHY > Ethics & Moral Philosophy.
PHILOSOPHY > Mind & Body.
PHILOSOPHY / Mind & Body
Virtues
Gewissen
Tugend
Geweten.
Consciência (ética) (história)
Virtude.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front Cover
  • Copyright Page
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Part I. Historical Background
  • 1 Classical Background to Discussions of Conscience
  • 2 Bonaventure's View of Conscience and Synderesis
  • 3 Aquinas on Conscience, the Virtues, and Weakness of Will
  • 4 Scotus and Ockham on Synderesis and Conscience
  • 5 Luther and the Rise of Conscience as a Faculty
  • Part II. The Contemporary Dismissal of Conscience
  • 6 Freud and Ryle on Conscience
  • 7 Conscience as Something Other Than a Faculty
  • 8 More Traditional Views of Conscience
  • 9 The Existence of Conscience
  • Part III. Conscience as a Key to Virtue Ethics
  • 10 Conscience Among the Virtue Ethicists
  • 11 Conscience and Virtue Ethics
  • 12 Conscience and Other Virtues
  • Appendix: MacIntyre's Project
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • Back Cover

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