| Description |
ix, 420 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Contents |
Theory and practice -- The roots of casuistry in antiquity -- Cicero: philosopher, orator, legislator -- Christian origins -- The canonists and confessors -- The theologians -- Summists and Jesuits -- Texts, authors, and methods -- Profit: the case of usury -- Perjury: the case of equivocation -- Pride: the case of the insulted gentleman -- Casuistry confounded: Pascal's critique -- After the Provincial letters -- Philosophy and the springs of morality -- The revival of casuistry -- Epilogue: conscience and the claims of equity. |
| Summary |
In this engaging study, the authors put casuistry into its historical context, tracing the origin of moral reasoning in antiquity, its peak during the sixteenth and early seventeenth century, and its subsequent fall into disrepute from the mid-seventeenth century. |
| Subject |
Casuistry.
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Ethics.
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Philosophy.
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Casuistry. (OCoLC)fst00848491
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Ethiek.
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Casuïstiek.
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| Indexed Term |
Casuistry |
| Genre/Form |
Former Course Reserve reading.
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| Added Author |
Toulmin, Stephen, 1922-2009.
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| ISBN |
0520060636 (alk. paper) |
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9780520060630 (alk. paper) |
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9780520069602 |
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0520069609 |
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