The moral life
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23169689 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Bonnie Kent (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2003 |
| Pages | 231-253 |
| Publication date | 2003-08-07 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | The Cambridge companion to medieval philosophy (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1017/ccol0521806038.011 |
| OpenAlex | W2486770837 |
| ISBN | 9780521000635 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
From the dawn of the Middle Ages to their end, moral theorists struggled to explain what makes a person good by human standards, what it takes to merit happiness in the afterlife, and what, if anything, the two have to do with each other. Some inveighed against the worldly ethics of ancient philosophers; others praised the ancients for important moral insights. Yet every leading medieval thinker worked to develop an account of the moral life far more comprehensive than most professors of philosophical ethics or moral theology today would attempt. The idea that a serious theologian could dismiss classical ethics as unworthy of study and debate was no more acceptable than the idea that a serious philosopher could dismiss questions about the immortality of the soul and the nature of God as irrelevant to moral life in human society.
Afterlife · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Happiness · Human life · Humanity · Immortality · Moral psychology · Moral theology · Political science · Soul · Theology · Classical Philosophy and Thought · Ethics in medical practice · Law · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.24 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2005 - 2015 (11) |
| Highly cited | No |