Every good path: wisdom and practical reason in Christian ethics and the Book of Proverbs
"Andrew Errington brings the Book of Proverbs into discussion with two significant accounts of the nature and foundation of practical reason in Christian ethics: those of Thomas Aquinas and Oliver O'Donovan. Aiming to move towards a framework for understanding Christian moral reasoning, th...
| Summary: | "Andrew Errington brings the Book of Proverbs into discussion with two significant accounts of the nature and foundation of practical reason in Christian ethics: those of Thomas Aquinas and Oliver O'Donovan. Aiming to move towards a framework for understanding Christian moral reasoning, this book develops a significant critique of aspects of Aquinas's thought and provides a major engagement with O'Donovan's moral theology. Errington argues that the way the Book of Proverbs conceives of wisdom presents an important challenge to the Western theological and philosophical tradition. Instead of a perfection of theoretical knowledge, wisdom in Proverbs is a practical knowledge of how to act well, grounded in the reality of the world God has made. Discussing the complexities of practical reason, moral reasoning in Aquinas, world order and deliberation in the work of O'Donovan, and the place of created order in Christian Ethics, this volume is invaluable for scholars and general readers in reconfiguring moral theology."-- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. The Complexities of Practical Reason in the Nicomachean Ethics of Aristotle -- 2. The Nature and Foundation of Moral Reasoning in Thomas Aquinas -- 3. Practical Reason and the Ways of Wisdom -- 4.World Order and Deliberation in the Work of Oliver O'Donovan -- 5. Wisdom, Creation, and Christian Ethics -- Bibliography -- Index |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 0567687716 |
| Access: | Abstract freely available; full-text restricted to individual document purchasers |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.5040/9780567687715 |