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Acknowledgments; Contents; Abbreviations; Chapter 1: Introduction; References; Chapter 2: Cartesian Meditation and the Pursuit of Virtue; 2.1 Who Is the Cartesian Meditator? Four Proposed Answers; 2.1.1 A Philosophically Naïve Person of Common Sense; 2.1.2 A Skeptic; 2.1.3 A Scholastic Aristotelian; 2.1.4 An Amalgam of Personas; 2.2 An Alternative Kind of Response: Rejecting the Question; 2.2.1 Meditations in the Roman Catholic Contemplative Tradition; 2.2.2 Meditations, the Meditations, and the Pursuit of Virtue; 2.3 Conclusion; References; Chapter 3: The Cartesian Framework
3.1 The Nature of Belief3.2 The Proper Method of Belief Formation; 3.2.1 The Method; 3.2.2 Context and Limits; 3.3 Conclusion; References; Chapter 4: Morality as a Cosmopolitan Art; 4.1 The Nature of Descartesś Morality; 4.1.1 Is It a Science?; 4.1.2 Is It Stoic?; 4.1.2.1 The Supreme Good and the End of Human Action; 4.1.2.2 The Role of the Passions; 4.1.2.3 A Kind of Stoicism?; 4.2 The Application of Descartesś Cosmopolitan Art; 4.2.1 Virtue; 4.2.2 Moral Psychology; 4.3 Conclusion; References; Chapter 5: Virtuous Belief Formation; 5.1 Virtuous Enquiry; 5.1.1 Foundational Enquiry
5.1.1.1 The Scholastic-Aristotelian Background5.1.1.2 Descartesś Account; 5.1.2 Ordinary Enquiry; 5.1.3 Summary: Virtuous Enquiry; 5.2 Virtuous Judgment; 5.2.1 Judgment and Moral Appraisal; 5.2.2 The Norm for Virtuous Judgment; 5.2.3 Summary: Virtuous Judgment; 5.3 Virtuous Belief Fixation; 5.3.1 The Concern; 5.3.2 Greater and Lesser Virtues; 5.3.3 The Need for a Program; 5.3.4 Summary: Virtuous Belief Fixation; 5.4 Conclusion; References; Chapter 6: Virtue, Volition, and Judgment; 6.1 Negative Direct Doxastic Voluntarism; 6.2 Positive Direct Doxastic Voluntarism; 6.3 Conclusion; References
Chapter 7: Natural Beatitude and Religious Reform7.1 Changing the Question; 7.2 A Second Pragmatic and Social Implication; 7.2.1 The Supernatural Significance of Descartesś Morality; 7.2.2 ``Dangerous Doctrines?́́; 7.2.3 Descartesś Defense; 7.2.4 The Reformative Nature of Descartesś Program; 7.3 Conclusion; References; Chapter 8: The Subversion of Traditional Christianity; 8.1 Descartesś Morality and Traditional Christianity: Theoretical Differences; 8.1.1 Beatitude and the Supreme Good in Descartesś Morality; 8.1.2 Beatitude and the Supreme Good in Traditional Christianity
8.1.2.1 The Essence-Energies Distinction8.1.2.2 The Supreme Good of Human Life; The Principal Object of Knowledge; The Principal Faculty of Knowledge; The Principal Type of Knowledge; Knowledge of God and the Supreme Good; 8.1.3 Summary of the Differences; 8.2 Descartesś Morality and Traditional Christianity: Practical Differences; 8.2.1 The Pursuit of Virtue in Descartesś Morality; 8.2.2 The Pursuit of Virtue in Traditional Christianity; 8.2.2.1 The Nature and Significance of Human Affective States; 8.2.2.2 The Nature and Significance of the Ascetic Life; 8.2.3 Summary of the Differences
3.1 The Nature of Belief3.2 The Proper Method of Belief Formation; 3.2.1 The Method; 3.2.2 Context and Limits; 3.3 Conclusion; References; Chapter 4: Morality as a Cosmopolitan Art; 4.1 The Nature of Descartesś Morality; 4.1.1 Is It a Science?; 4.1.2 Is It Stoic?; 4.1.2.1 The Supreme Good and the End of Human Action; 4.1.2.2 The Role of the Passions; 4.1.2.3 A Kind of Stoicism?; 4.2 The Application of Descartesś Cosmopolitan Art; 4.2.1 Virtue; 4.2.2 Moral Psychology; 4.3 Conclusion; References; Chapter 5: Virtuous Belief Formation; 5.1 Virtuous Enquiry; 5.1.1 Foundational Enquiry
5.1.1.1 The Scholastic-Aristotelian Background5.1.1.2 Descartesś Account; 5.1.2 Ordinary Enquiry; 5.1.3 Summary: Virtuous Enquiry; 5.2 Virtuous Judgment; 5.2.1 Judgment and Moral Appraisal; 5.2.2 The Norm for Virtuous Judgment; 5.2.3 Summary: Virtuous Judgment; 5.3 Virtuous Belief Fixation; 5.3.1 The Concern; 5.3.2 Greater and Lesser Virtues; 5.3.3 The Need for a Program; 5.3.4 Summary: Virtuous Belief Fixation; 5.4 Conclusion; References; Chapter 6: Virtue, Volition, and Judgment; 6.1 Negative Direct Doxastic Voluntarism; 6.2 Positive Direct Doxastic Voluntarism; 6.3 Conclusion; References
Chapter 7: Natural Beatitude and Religious Reform7.1 Changing the Question; 7.2 A Second Pragmatic and Social Implication; 7.2.1 The Supernatural Significance of Descartesś Morality; 7.2.2 ``Dangerous Doctrines?́́; 7.2.3 Descartesś Defense; 7.2.4 The Reformative Nature of Descartesś Program; 7.3 Conclusion; References; Chapter 8: The Subversion of Traditional Christianity; 8.1 Descartesś Morality and Traditional Christianity: Theoretical Differences; 8.1.1 Beatitude and the Supreme Good in Descartesś Morality; 8.1.2 Beatitude and the Supreme Good in Traditional Christianity
8.1.2.1 The Essence-Energies Distinction8.1.2.2 The Supreme Good of Human Life; The Principal Object of Knowledge; The Principal Faculty of Knowledge; The Principal Type of Knowledge; Knowledge of God and the Supreme Good; 8.1.3 Summary of the Differences; 8.2 Descartesś Morality and Traditional Christianity: Practical Differences; 8.2.1 The Pursuit of Virtue in Descartesś Morality; 8.2.2 The Pursuit of Virtue in Traditional Christianity; 8.2.2.1 The Nature and Significance of Human Affective States; 8.2.2.2 The Nature and Significance of the Ascetic Life; 8.2.3 Summary of the Differences