Aquinas's Philosophical Commentary on the Ethics: A Historical Perspective

Is Aquinas's Sententia libri Ethicorum an interpretation of Aristotle based on ‘principles of Christian ethics'? Or do we have in that work a presentation of the foundation of Aquinas's moral philosophy? Professor Doig answers these questions through an examination of the historical context within which the Sententia was composed.
In Chapters 1—2, the work's role as a corrective of earlier commentaries is established. Chapter 3, by examining philosophy at Paris between 1215 and 1283, revea...