Justice as a virtue : a Thomistic perspective /
“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. For Aquinas, justice is more about interpersonal morality than civic or social obligations,...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Grand Rapids, Michigan :
William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company,
2016.
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| Summary: | “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. For Aquinas, justice is more about interpersonal morality than civic or social obligations, and Porter masterfully draws out the contemporary significance of Aquinas's perspective. - back of book. |
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| Physical Description: | xiii, 286 pages ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 274-281) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9780802873255 0802873251 |