naa a22 4500 510789765 CHVBK 20180411083315.0 cr unu---uuuuu 180411e20130601xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11406-013-9430-9 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11406-013-9430-9 Porter Jean Department of Theology, University of Notre Dame, 431 Malloy Hall, 46556, Notre Dame, IN, USA aut Dispositions of the Will [Elektronische Daten] [Jean Porter] According to Aquinas (1888-1906), the virtue of justice is a habit, that is to say, a stable disposition of the will. Many commentators have found this claim to be puzzling, since it is difficult to see what this might entail, beyond a simple tendency to choose and act in accordance with precepts of justice. However, this objection does not take account of the fact that for Aquinas, the will is the principle of human freedom, and as such, it is expressed through, but not limited to a capacity for particular choices and actions. It therefore needs stable dispositions, towards characteristic aims, in order to function effectively. This paper sets out a case for the cogency of Aquinas's overall account of the will and its dispositions, by way of an examination of familiar expressions of human freedom which cannot be reduced to a series of individual choices and acts. It then turns to a closer examination of Aquinas' analysis of the will, arguing that Aquinas' claims about the orientation of the will towards some overarching and comprehensive good can fruitfully be understood in terms of this expansive conception of human freedom. Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht, 2013 Justice nationallicence Virtue nationallicence Habit nationallicence Disposition nationallicence Choice nationallicence Freedom nationallicence Philosophia Springer Netherlands 41/2(2013-06-01), 289-300 0048-3893 41:2<289 2013 41 11406 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11406-013-9430-9 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11406-013-9430-9 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Porter Jean Department of Theology, University of Notre Dame, 431 Malloy Hall, 46556, Notre Dame, IN, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Philosophia Springer Netherlands 41/2(2013-06-01), 289-300 0048-3893 41:2<289 2013 41 11406 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer