Human Acts: An Essay In Their Moral Evaluation
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Edition: 1st ed.,
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Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - small tears; price clipped. Page Condition: Yellowed. Markings: No markings. Usual shelf-wear.
At the crossroads of moral philosophy and scholastic theology, Eric D'Arcy's Human Acts: An Essay in their Moral Evaluation presents a rigorous and penetrating examination of the nature of voluntary human action and its ethical dimensions. Drawing on the Thomistic tradition, D'Arcy details the intricate relationship between intention, circumstance, and the moral species of an act, arguing that a proper understanding of human conduct requires far more than a simple weighing of consequences. Published by Oxford's Clarendon Press, this scholarly work engages with the enduring philosophical questions raised by Aquinas and refracted through the lens of 20th-century moral theory. D'Arcy's prose is precise and authoritative, constructing a careful architecture of argument that challenges utilitarian reductionism and defends the irreducible moral significance of the object of an act. For anyone grappling with the foundations of ethical theory, this essay remains a landmark contribution — one that raises the question of whether the moral worth of a human act can ever truly be separated from what it is.
Author: Eric D'Arcy
Format: Hardback
Published: 1963, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press
Genre: Philosophy
Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - small tears; price clipped. Page Condition: Yellowed. Markings: No markings. Usual shelf-wear.
At the crossroads of moral philosophy and scholastic theology, Eric D'Arcy's Human Acts: An Essay in their Moral Evaluation presents a rigorous and penetrating examination of the nature of voluntary human action and its ethical dimensions. Drawing on the Thomistic tradition, D'Arcy details the intricate relationship between intention, circumstance, and the moral species of an act, arguing that a proper understanding of human conduct requires far more than a simple weighing of consequences. Published by Oxford's Clarendon Press, this scholarly work engages with the enduring philosophical questions raised by Aquinas and refracted through the lens of 20th-century moral theory. D'Arcy's prose is precise and authoritative, constructing a careful architecture of argument that challenges utilitarian reductionism and defends the irreducible moral significance of the object of an act. For anyone grappling with the foundations of ethical theory, this essay remains a landmark contribution — one that raises the question of whether the moral worth of a human act can ever truly be separated from what it is.