Political Morality of the Late Scholastics - Civic Life, War and Conscience

Examines the practical dilemmas, both moral and political, of peace time and war time as discussed by the Late Scholastics.

List of contents

List of abbreviations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I. Civic Life: 1. The ethics of electoral bribing; 2. The ethics of tax evasion; 3. Keeping out the foreign poor: the city as a private person; 4. The political duty to keep your secrets; 5. Scandal and inexcusable portraits; Part II. War: 6. Conscientious objection in war: from duty to right; 7. Patriotic collaborationism: Demosthenes and Alexander; 8. War and the boundaries of punitive jurisdiction; 9. Justice after victory; Concluding remarks; Bibliography; Index.

About the author

Daniel Schwartz is Senior Lecturer in the Departments of Political Science and International Relations at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He is the author of Aquinas on Friendship (2007) and the editor of Interpreting Suárez (Cambridge, 2011).

Summary

This is the only book to examine in depth the applied philosophy of late scholasticism during the Baroque and Early Modern periods. It will appeal to those interested in the history of philosophy and moral philosophy, religion, theology, the ethics of war and political philosophy more generally.

Product details

• Authors: Daniel Schwartz, Daniel (Hebrew University of Jerusalem) Schwartz, SCHWARTZ DANIEL
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2019
• EAN: 9781108492454
• ISBN: 978-1-108-49245-4
• No. of pages: 244
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; History of Ideas, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Modern, Ethics & moral philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy, Western philosophy: Medieval & Renaissance, c 500 to c 1600, Medieval Western philosophy