Quaestio Disputata the Recovery of Aquinas's Action Theory: A Reply to William Murphy
The article addresses a recent claim regarding Aquinas's understanding of voluntary human action; namely, that moral species is determined by an object that functions as the proximate end of a chosen behavior. This reply examines the context of the argument, the text on which the argument is sa...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage Publ.
2012
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Theological studies
Year: 2012, Volume: 73, Issue: 1, Pages: 139-150 |
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| Summary: | The article addresses a recent claim regarding Aquinas's understanding of voluntary human action; namely, that moral species is determined by an object that functions as the proximate end of a chosen behavior. This reply examines the context of the argument, the text on which the argument is said to be based, and Aquinas's more specific texts in regard to formulating a moral intention to an end and choosing a way to accomplish that end. |
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| ISSN: | 2169-1304 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Theological studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/004056391207300106 |