The Cambridge Companion to Medieval Ethics

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title The Cambridge Companion to Medieval Ethics
Authors and Contributors      Edited by Thomas Williams
SeriesCambridge Companions to Philosophy
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:426
Dimensions(mm): Height 228,Width 152
Category/GenreWestern philosophy - Medieval and Renaissance c 500 to c 1600
Islamic and Arabic philosophy
Ethics and moral philosophy
ISBN/Barcode 9781316618110
ClassificationsDewey:170.902
Audience
Professional & Vocational
Tertiary Education (US: College)

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 6 December 2018
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Ethics was a central preoccupation of medieval philosophers, and medieval ethical thought is rich, diverse, and inventive. Yet standard histories of ethics often skip quickly over the medievals, and histories of medieval philosophy often fail to do justice to the centrality of ethical concerns in medieval thought. This volume presents the full range of medieval ethics in Christian, Islamic, and Jewish philosophy in a way that is accessible to a non-specialist and reveals the liveliness and sophistication of medieval ethical thought. In Part I there is a series of historical chapters presenting developmental and contextual accounts of Christian, Islamic, and Jewish ethics. Part II offers topical chapters on such central themes as happiness, virtue, law, and freedom, as well as on less-studied aspects of medieval ethics such as economic ethics, the ethical dimensions of mysticism, and sin and grace. This will be an important volume for students of ethics and medieval philosophy.

Author Biography

Thomas Williams is Professor of Philosophy at the University of South Florida. He has published widely on figures including Anselm, Duns Scotus, Augustine, and Aquinas, and he is the editor of The Cambridge Companion to Duns Scotus (Cambridge, 2003) and Thomas Aquinas: Disputed Questions on the Virtues (Cambridge, 2005).