Colleen Mccluskey
Biographic Data
| ID | 934583 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Colleen Mccluskey |
| GIVEN NAMES | Colleen |
| FAMILY NAME | Mccluskey |
| SIGNATURE | MCCLUSKEY C |
| AFFILIATIONS | UCLouvain Saint-Louis Brussels |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Black on the Outside, White on the Inside
In his reply to Heloise's complaints in the fourth of the so-called personal letters, Peter Abelard (a twelfth-century theologian) draws upon the figure of the Ethiopian queen from the biblical Song of Songs, who proclaims that she is black on the outside but beautiful on the inside. While some scholars have interpreted his discussion as a commentary on the persona of a nun, this article considers what Abelard's remarks might mean for understandi…
Thomas Aquinas on Moral Wrongdoing
Medieval thinkers were both puzzled and fascinated by the capacity of human beings to do what is morally wrong. In this book, Colleen McCluskey offers the first comprehensive examination of Thomas Aquinas' explanation for moral wrongdoing. Her discussion takes in Aquinas' theory of human nature and action, and his explanation of wrong action in terms of defects in human capacities including the intellect, the will, and the passions of the sensory…
Lust and Chastity
Although there are notable exceptions, a significant part of the current secular literature argues that lust is the virtue and chastity the vice. This is in contrast with the historical tradition that regards lust as a vice and chastity as a virtue. This chapter examines representative arguments for each perspective, comparing Aquinas' account with the more recent treatment of Simon Blackburn. Although the traditional view is unduly narrow, the c…
Aquinas's Ethics
The Metaphysical Thought of Thomas Aquinas
Paul Helm, Faith and Understanding . (Edinburgh
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Paul Helm, Faith and Understanding . (Edinburgh
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The Metaphysical Thought of Thomas Aquinas
Aquinas's Ethics
Lust and Chastity
Although there are notable exceptions, a significant part of the current secular literature argues that lust is the virtue and chastity the vice. This is in contrast with the historical tradition that regards lust as a vice and chastity as a virtue. This chapter examines representative arguments for each perspective, comparing Aquinas' account with the more recent treatment of Simon Blackburn. Although the traditional view is unduly narrow, the c…
Thomas Aquinas on Moral Wrongdoing
Medieval thinkers were both puzzled and fascinated by the capacity of human beings to do what is morally wrong. In this book, Colleen McCluskey offers the first comprehensive examination of Thomas Aquinas' explanation for moral wrongdoing. Her discussion takes in Aquinas' theory of human nature and action, and his explanation of wrong action in terms of defects in human capacities including the intellect, the will, and the passions of the sensory…
Black on the Outside, White on the Inside
In his reply to Heloise's complaints in the fourth of the so-called personal letters, Peter Abelard (a twelfth-century theologian) draws upon the figure of the Ethiopian queen from the biblical Song of Songs, who proclaims that she is black on the outside but beautiful on the inside. While some scholars have interpreted his discussion as a commentary on the persona of a nun, this article considers what Abelard's remarks might mean for understandi…
Philosophy (5 works) · Epistemology (4 works) · Medieval Philosophy and Theology (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Art (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Reformation and Early Modern Christianity (2 works) · Thomas, aquinas, saint, 1225?-1274 (2 works) · Action (physics) (1 works) · African cultural and philosophical studies (1 works)