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Living the Good Life
Steven J Jensen
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Description for Living the Good Life
Paperback. Living the Good Life presents a brief introduction to virtue and vice, Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPC; HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 137 x 15. Weight in Grams: 295.
Living the Good Life presents a brief introduction to virtue and vice, self-control and weakness, misery and happiness. The book contrasts the thought of Aquinas with popular views, such as moral relativism, values clarification, utilitarianism, Kantian deontology and situation ethics. Following the Socratic dictum ""know thyself,"" Steven J. Jensen investigates the interior workings of the human mind, revealing the interplay of reason, will and emotions. According to Aquinas, in a healthy ethical life, reason guides the emotions and will to the true human good. In an unhealthy life, emotional impulses distort the vision of reason, entrapping one in futile pursuits. ... Read more
Living the Good Life presents a brief introduction to virtue and vice, self-control and weakness, misery and happiness. The book contrasts the thought of Aquinas with popular views, such as moral relativism, values clarification, utilitarianism, Kantian deontology and situation ethics. Following the Socratic dictum ""know thyself,"" Steven J. Jensen investigates the interior workings of the human mind, revealing the interplay of reason, will and emotions. According to Aquinas, in a healthy ethical life, reason guides the emotions and will to the true human good. In an unhealthy life, emotional impulses distort the vision of reason, entrapping one in futile pursuits. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The Catholic University of America Press United States
Number of pages
205
Condition
New
Number of Pages
216
Place of Publication
Washington, United States
ISBN
9780813221458
SKU
V9780813221458
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About Steven J Jensen
Steven J. Jensen is associate professor of philosophy at the University of St. Thomas in Houston, USA and specialises in the areas of ethics and medieval philosophy. He is the author of Good and Evil Actions: A Journey through Saint Thomas Aquinas and editor of The Ethics of Organ Transplantation.
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