The moral virtues and theological ethics [electronic resource] / Romanus Cessario.

Preface to the second edition
Introduction
The moral virtues and Christian faith
Issues in philosophy and theology
Virtues and the Gospel
Realist moral theology
Human psychology and Gospel grace
Habitus, character, and growth
Habitus and Christian kenosis
Habitus and personality
Development of habitus
What is a moral virtue?
Moral virtue and the goal of Christian life
The nature of moral virtue
Virtue and human capacities
Christian faith and disordered emotions
Prudence and the moral virtues
Communio and the moral life
Prudence and the moral virtues
The role of prudence
Prudence and divine providence
What causes the moral virtues to develop?
Moral virtue and the theological life
Virtues in nature
Acquired virtue
Infused virtue
How to distinguish infused from acquired virtue
Dynamics of infused virtues
Characteristics of the virtues
Distinctiveness of Christian teaching
The mean of virtue
Connection of the virtues
Equality of the virtues
After veritatis splendor : the moral virtues and Catholic moral thought
Miraculous herrings
The casuist eclipse
The Thomist influence on magisterial teaching
Allergy to imposed moral obligation
Classical teaching on the Christian virtues.