Aquinas on Moral Responsibility

Peter Furlong is a professor of philosophy at Valencia College. He is the author of The Challenges of Divine Determinism.

• AcknowledgementsCitation Method and Latin TextsIntroductionAbbreviations1. Moral Responsibility, Praise, and Blame2. Desert for Punishment and Reward3. Mastery, Voluntary Action, and Control: Sourcehood and the Principle of Alternative Possibilities4. The Compatibility Question5. The Epistemic Condition on Moral Responsibility6. Moral Responsibility and Tracing7. Moral Responsibility and Omissions8. Moral Responsibility and the PassionsConclusionNotesWorks CitedIndex

"This is a well-written book by a serious scholar who is clearly well versed in Aquinas's texts, the secondary literature, and debates surrounding Aquinas himself, who is also conversant with the discussion surrounding similar questions in contemporary analytic philosophy. Furlong offers novel and interesting interpretations of Aquinas's position." —Angela McKay Knobel, author of Aquinas and the Infused Moral Virtues"The book strikes careful balances between attention to the text and philosophical discussion. Furlong has a particular talent for making clear distinctions and keeping distinct issues distinct when many other scholars confuse them. While he offers a broad overview of Aquinas's thought, the treatment is never superficial." —Jeffrey Hause, co-editor of Aquinas's Basic Works