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Ethics: The Drama of the Moral Life
Authors: Piotr Jaroszynski, PhD & Mathew Anderson ISBN: 0-8189-0956-0 Paperback: xxviii + 148 pp. Price: $14.95 + shipping To Order call: 1 800-343-ALBA (2522) Please have your Master, Visa or American Express card ready. To order online click here. |
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The study of the nature of moral choices has been with us as far back as our historical memory and religious traditions can reach. We have inherited the foundations of that study from such great philosophers and pillars of Western culture as Plato, Aristotle, Saint Augustine and Saint Thomas Aquinas. This work draws on this rich tradition and provides a new and profound look at those aspects of human moral conduct which are both obvious and true. Chapters include: Good and End: The Object of Human Acts; The Hierarchy of the Good; The Moral Being -- The Decision; The Mode of Human Conduct -- Areteology. This chapter studies the virtues of Prudence, Temperance, Fortitude and Justice (Legal, Commutative and Distributive), as well as the interconnection of the virtues and the theory of natural law (Do Good!). A conclusion regarding morality and religion is rounded off by a helpful lexicon and a bibliography of supplemental readings. |
Piotr Jaroszynski (born 1955) holds the Chair of the Philosophy of
Culture at the Catholic University of Lublin, Poland. He works within the framework of classical
philosophy. He belongs to the American Catholic Philosophical Association, American Maritain
Association and the International Society of Thomas Aquinas. He has written numerous articles and
several scholarly books, including The Controversy Over Beauty (1992, 2002 in Polish),
Metaphysics and Art (Peter Lang, 2002), and Science and Culture (Rodopi, 2003), as
well as many books for a broader public. For his textbook Ethics: The Drama of the Moral Life
(6th ed., 2002), he received the personal thanks of Pope John Paul II.
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Mathew Anderson is Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Theology at
Ave Maria College of the Americas at San Marcos, Nicaragua and has taught at both Gannon University
in Erie, PA and Niagara University near Buffalo, NY. He is currently a doctoral candidate at the
Institute for Christian Studies in Toronto, Ontario and the Vrije Universiteit in the Netherlands.
He has publications in philosophical psychology, education, ethics and epistemology, and is a
member of several philosophical organizations.
Reviews""After acquainting myself with the book Ethics: The Drama of the Moral Life which was given to me, I would also like to thank the author from my heart for his dedication to me. May God reward him! May God's blessing accompany Professor Jaroszynski in his scientific and didactic work. God bless! --John Paul II, Castel Gandolfo, September 20, 1997 "Concisely and clearly written, this book offers an attracive synthesis of classical virtue ethics with a Christian ethic of love. Restricting itself to basic principles, it is well suited to introduce undergraduate students to the great tradition of ethical thinking which underlies much of our Western civilization." --Avery Cardinal Dulles, S.J., Laurence J. McGinley Professor, Fordham University "Technology is progressive. We cannot de-invent the light bulb. Yet we can lose sight of the moral discoveries that have been made over the centuries. We now live in an 'air conditioned nightmare,' as the playwright Arthur Miller has observed. Our great need, then, at the present moment, is to recover the classical ethics that has already been discovered. Ethics: The Drama of the Moral Life is worthy of high praise for contributing to this most important endeavor. And it does so in a manner that is concise, cogent, and compelling." --Dr. Donald DeMarco, Professor of Philosophy, St. Jerome's University"This book offers an excellent and sober presentation of classical ethics, as outlined by Greek and Roman philosophers and further developed by Christian thinkers. The classical framework shows itself to be very modern in its ability to answer the crucial moral problems of everyday life and guide people in solving moral dilemmas. Written in a clear and communicative style, Ethics: The Drama of the Moral Life will be very advantageously read even by people not accustomed to the philosophical language" --Dr. Vittorio Possenti, Professor of Philosophy, University of Venice "Ethics: The Drama of the Moral Life by Piotr Jaroszynski and Mathew Anderson has as its basic premise the idea that morality is permanently and essentially inscribed in human life and that each person constantly faces moments of decision. There is danger in our being subject to the pressures of different ideologies and customs, but when we know the foundations of ethics, we become more sensitive to moral issues and the moral implications of our decisions." --Review for Religious, 63.2.2004 |
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