Aquinas on Friendship

1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-0-19-964529-9
Verlag: OUP Oxford

Buch, Englisch, 208 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 269 g

Daniel Schwartz examines the views on friendship of the great medieval philosopher Thomas Aquinas. For Aquinas friendship is the ideal type of relationship that rational beings should cultivate. Schwartz argues that Aquinas fundamentally revises some of the main features of Aristotle's paradigmatic account of friendship so as to accommodate the case of friendship between radically unequal beings: man and God. As a result, Aquinas presents a broader view of friendship than Aristotle's, allowing for a higher extent of disagreement. lack of mutual understanding, and inequality between friends.

Zielgruppe

Students and scholars of philosophy, especially medieval philosophy; theologians; historians

Autoren/Hrsg.

Schwartz, Daniel

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Mittelalterliche & Scholastische Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik, Moralphilosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Systematische Theologie Christliche Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Systematische Theologie Geschichte der Theologie, Einzelne Theologen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1: Aquinas on friendship: larger themes
2: What concord requires
3: Friendship and conformity of wills
4: What prevents us from joining other people's projects: pride as an impediment to conformity of wills
5: Friendship and uncertainty: presumptions and hope
6: Friendship and recourse to justice
7: Justice, satisfaction, and restoration of friendship
8: Concluding Remarks

Über Autor(innen)

Schwartz, Daniel
David Schwartz is Lecturer in Politics in the School of Languages & Social Sciences at Aston University.