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Zusatztext ...comprehensive and insightful study. Informationen zum Autor Joseph Pilsner is Assistant Professor of Theology, University of St Thomas, Houston. Klappentext Thomas Aquinas believed that human actions have species, such as theft or almsgiving. A problem arises, however, concerning his teaching on how such moral kinds are determined. Aquinas uses five different terms - end, object, matter, circumstance, and motive - to identify what gives species to human actions. Although similarities in meaning can be discerned between certain of these terms, apparent differences between others make it difficult to grasp how all five could refer to what specifies human actions. Joseph Pilsner examines and compares Aquinas's understanding of these five terms to see if a consistent account of his teaching on specification can be proposed. Zusammenfassung Thomas Aquinas believed that human actions have species, such as theft or almsgiving. A problem arises, however, concerning his teaching on how such moral kinds are determined. Aquinas uses five different terms - end, object, matter, circumstance, and motive - to identify what gives species to human actions. Although similarities in meaning can be discerned between certain of these terms, apparent differences between others make it difficult to grasp how all five could refer to what specifies human actions. Joseph Pilsner examines and compares Aquinas's understanding of these five terms to see if a consistent account of his teaching on specification can be proposed. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Introduction 2: Human actions and Aquinas's moral theory 3: Two fundamental types of specification 4: End 5: Object 6: Matter 7: Circumstance 8: Motive 9: Proximate and remote ends 10: Conclusion
