Virtue Ethics: St Maximos the Confessor and Aquinas Compared

Traditionally Christian ethical reflection has taken the form of what is called nowadays ‘virtue ethics’. This article compares the approach to virtue ethics in the Byzantine thinker, Maximos the Confessor, and the Western thinker, Thomas Aquinas. They both share the heritage of Plato and Aristotle....

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Main Author: Louth, Andrew 1944- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage 2013
In: Studies in Christian ethics
Year: 2013, Volume: 26, Issue: 3, Pages: 351-363
Further subjects:B Ethics
B Maximos the Confessor
B Virtue
B Thomas Aquinas
B Politics
B Asceticism
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