Aquinas: Disputed Questions on the Virtues

The great medieval philosopher Thomas Aquinas (1224/6-1274) was Dominican regent master in theology at the University of Paris, where he presided over a series of academic debates on ethical topics. This volume offers new translations of disputed questions on the nature of virtue. The introduction explains how Aquinas' theory of virtue fits into his conception of ethics as a whole, and clarifies Aquinas's views by explaining the institutional and intellectual context in which the disputed questions were debated.

A new translation of a series of Aquinas's disputed questions on ethical topics.

E. M. Atkins has translated Cicero's On Duties and Augustine's Political Writings for Cambridge University Press.

Thomas Williams has published widely on medieval philosophy and is editor of the Cambridge Companion to Duns Scotus.