TY - BOOK ID - 137156709 TI - The virtues, or, The examined life PY - 2002 SN - 1283205025 9786613205025 1441119175 9781441119179 9781283205023 6613205028 0826413889 9780826413888 0826413897 9780826413895 3825848558 9783825848552 PB - London ; New York : Continuum, DB - UniCat KW - Theological virtues. KW - Cardinal virtues. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:137156709 AB - The chief characteristic of Christian morality is its being linked to the person of Jesus Christ who is himself the universal, personal, and concrete norm of moral action. This book is about the virtues of the Christian life--both the theological virtues (faith, hope, and charity) and the cardinal virtues (prudence, justice, fortitude, and temperance)--and it deals particularly with the question, how it is possible for believers to decide for the morally good and to live accordingly. Reflecting on the basic questions of Christian morality, the book offers a commentary on the corresponding sect ER -