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  • Justice as a Virtue

    A Thomistic Perspective

    de Jean Porter ...
    "Aquinas," says Jean Porter, "gets justice right." In this book she shows that Aquinas offers us a cogent and illuminating account of justice as a personal virtue rather than a virtue of social institutions, as John Rawls and his interlocutors have described it — and as most people think of it today.Porter presents a thoughtful interpretation of Aquinas's account of the complex virtue of justice ... Leer más

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  • Ministers of the Law

    A Natural Law Theory of Legal Authority

    de Jean Porter ...
    Series series Emory University Studies in Law and Religion (EUSLR)
    In Ministers of the Law Jean Porter articulates a theory of legal authority derived from the natural law tradition. As she points out, the legal authority of most traditions rests on their own internal structures, independent of extralegal considerations -- legal houses built on sand, as it were. Natural law tradition, on the other hand, offers a basis for legal authority that goes beyond mere ... Leer más

    $34.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • A Grandfather's Gift

    de Jean Porter ...
    If you love historical homes, powerful political figures, steamships, trains, brilliant business people, renovations, interior design, gardens in pink and secrets, then welcome to Glencairn Hall. Built in 1832, perched on the edge of the Niagara River. The road this mansion is situated on, according to Winston Churchill, "is the prettiest drive in the world." ... Leer más

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  • A Grandfather's Gift

    de Jean Porter ...
    If you love historical homes, powerful political figures, steamships, trains, brilliant business people, renovations, interior design, gardens in pink and secrets, then welcome to Glencairn Hall. Built in 1832, perched on the edge of the Niagara River. The road this mansion is situated on, according to Winston Churchill, “is the prettiest drive in the world.”   ... Leer más

    $5.99 USD

  • The Ethics of Aquinas

    Series series Moral Traditions series
    In this comprehensive anthology, twenty-seven outstanding scholars from North America and Europe address every major aspect of Thomas Aquinas's understanding of morality and comment on his remarkable legacy. While there has been a revival of interest in recent years in the ethics of St. Thomas, no single work has yet fully examined the basic moral arguments and content of Aquinas' major moral work ... Leer más

    $53.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • On Screen Acting

    An Introduction to the Art of Acting for the Screen

    Series series Edward Dmytryk: On Filmmaking
    With On Screen Acting, director Edward Dmytryk and actress Jean Porter Dmytryk offer a lively dialogue between director and actress about the principles and practice of screen acting for film and television. Informal and anecdotal in style, the book spans auditioning, casting, rehearsal, and on-set techniques, and will be of interest to both aspiring and working actors and directors.Originally ... Leer más

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  • Faith, Reason, and Theosis

    Series series Orthodox Christianity and Contemporary Thought
    Theosis shapes contemporary Orthodox theology in two ways: positively and negatively. In the positive sense, contemporary Orthodox theologians made theosis the thread that bound together the various aspects of theology in a coherent whole and also interpreted patristic texts, which experienced a renaissance in the twentieth century, even in Orthodox theology. In the negative sense, contemporary ... Leer más

    $35.99 USD

  • Theology and Public Philosophy

    Four Conversations

    This volume brings together eminent theologians, philosophers and political theorists to discuss the relevance of theology and theologically grounded moral reflection to contemporary America’s public life and argument. Avoiding the focus on hot-button issues, shrill polemics, and sloganeering that so often dominate discussions of religion and public life, the contributors address such subjects as ... Leer más

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  • Virtue and the Moral Life

    Theological and Philosophical Perspectives

    The scope of interest and reflection on virtue and the virtues is as wide and deep as the questions we can ask about what makes a moral agent’s life decent, or noble, or holy rather than cruel, or base, or sinful; or about the conditions of human character and circumstance that make for good relations between family members, friends, workers, fellow citizens, and strangers, and the sorts of ... Leer más

    $46.99 USD

  • Rethinking Justice in Catholic Social Thought

    Series series Moral Traditions series
    A reinterpretation of justice in Catholic social thought as a lived experience of communal lifeCatholic social thought is a living tradition. Insights into justice that are centuries old still apply, but they need to be reexamined in light of historical developments such as democracy, global markets, feminism, the preferential option for the poor, environmental challenges, and the shift of ... Leer más

    $23.99 USD

  • Love and Christian Ethics

    Tradition, Theory, and Society

    Series series Moral Traditions series
    At the heart of Christian ethics is the biblical commandment to love God and to love one's neighbor as oneself. But what is the meaning of love? Scholars have wrestled with this question since the recording of the Christian gospels, and in recent decades teachers and students of Christian ethics have engaged in vigorous debates about appropriate interpretations and implications of this critical ... Leer más

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  • Attentiveness to Vulnerability

    A Dialogue Between Emmanuel Levinas, Jean Porter, and the Virtue of Solidarity

    This book is an attempt to develop a dialogue between the philosophy of Emmanuel Levinas, Jean Porter's Thomistic theory of the natural law, and the virtue of solidarity as expressed in Catholic Social Teaching. It seeks to explore the implications that such a dialogue would have for our understanding of moral reasoning. Attentiveness to Vulnerability rests on the hypothesis that it is possible to ... Leer más

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