Aquinas on the emotions : a religious-ethical inquiry

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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cates, Diana Fritz
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, ©2009.
Series:Moral traditions series.
Subjects:
Thomas, > Aquinas, Saint, > 1225?-1274.
Christian ethics > Catholic authors.
Emotions > Religious aspects > Catholic Church.
Online Access: Full text (Emmanuel users only)
Table of Contents:
  • Religious ethics
  • Religious ethics and the study of emotion
  • Approaching Aquinas on emotion (l)
  • Approaching Aquinas on emotion (ll)
  • Approaching the human sensory appetite from below (l)
  • Approaching the human sensory appetite from below (ll)
  • Approaching the human sensory appetite from above (l)
  • Approaching the human sensory appetite from above (ll)
  • The formation of distinctively human emotions
  • The religious ethical study of emotion
  • Aquinas on the powers or capabilities of a human being (relevant selections).

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