Acting on Principles A Thomistic Perspective in Making Moral Decisions

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MORAL CONTINUITY AND CHANGE THE MEANING OF HUMAN LIFE ACTING FOR A PURPOSE Terminology Classification of Ends Ultimate End End: What It Signifies End: What It Is When Achieved Fundamental Option HAPPINESS AS BASIC MOTIVATION Perspectives on Happiness Summa and the Basic Distinctions Objective Happiness Subjective Happiness Concluding Remarks CHRISTIAN PERSPECTIVE ON HAPPINESS The Kingdom of Heaven "Vision" Theological and Sociological Ramifications "Desiderium Naturale" Temporary Human Significance Attainment CONDITIONS OF RESPONSIBILITY THE NATURE OF VOLUNTARINESS Human Act and Act of Man Psychological Structure of the Human Act Kinds of Human Acts Voluntariness Intention Kinds of Voluntariness THE NATURE OF INVOLUNTARINESS Violence Fear Passion/Concupiscence Ignorance Habit THE NATURE OF THE DISTINCTION Basic Terminology Problem and Its Context Scholastic Tradition Classical Schema of Moral Specification The Nature of Moral Evil The Meaning of Objective Morality . Morally Indifferent Acts SOCIAL AND SPIRITUAL DIMENSION OF HUMAN ACTIVITY The Nature of External Acts Act Related to the Will Act In Itself Morality of the Effects The Principle of Double Effect Aquinas and the Principle of Double Effect Right and Wrong¿Sin and Guilt NATURE AND MORALITY OF EMOTIONS IN GENERAL The Nature of Emotions Classification of Emotions Morality of Emotions LOVE, PLEASURE AND PAIN Love Pleasure and Pain Pleasure Pain and Sorrow DISPOSITIONS The Nature of Dispositions . Origin, Growth and Decay of Dispositions Modern Developments Modern Psychology HUMAN VIRTUE The Nature of Virtue .Intellectual Virtues Art and Prudence Moral Virtues Cardinal Virtues