Aquinas on the emotions : a religious-ethical inquiry /
All of us want to be happy and live well. Sometimes intense emotions affect our happinessand, in turn, our moral lives. Our emotions can have a significant impact on our perceptions of reality, the choices we make, and the ways in which we interact with others. Can we, as moral agents, have an effec...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Washington, D.C. :
Georgetown University Press,
©2009.
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| Series: | Moral traditions series.
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| Summary: | All of us want to be happy and live well. Sometimes intense emotions affect our happinessand, in turn, our moral lives. Our emotions can have a significant impact on our perceptions of reality, the choices we make, and the ways in which we interact with others. Can we, as moral agents, have an effect on our emotions? Do we have any choice when it comes to our emotions? In Aquinas on the Emotions, Diana Fritz Cates shows how emotions are composed as embodied mental states. She identifies various factors, including religious beliefs, intuitions, images, and questions that can affect the formati. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xi, 288 pages). |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-276) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781589017184 1589017188 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |