The Life and Work of S. Thomas Aquinas

Virtues in the Theology of Thomas Aquinas

RECENT YEARS have seen the publication of studies advocating an orientation for Christian ethics based upon virtue. Stanley Hauerwas, Alasdair Maclntyre, Paul J. Wadell, Jean Porter, Daniel Mark Nelson, and others are associated with this approach. To many who had known and experienced Roman Catholic moral theology in the decades before Vatican II, this invitation to a restoration of virtue eth...

this study investigated the relationship between quality of work life and organization citizenship behavior from the viewpoint of teachers in high schools in tehran city.

چکیده هدف از پژوهش حاضر بررسی رابطه کیفیت زندگی کاری و رفتار شهروندی سازمانی در مدارس مقطع متوسطه پسرانه شهر تهران از دیدگاه دبیران بود. روش پژوهش حاضر توصیفی و از نوع همبستگی بود. از بین دبیران مدارس شهر تهران تعداد 380 نفر به روش نمونه گیری خوشه ای چند مرحله ای به عنوان نمونه پژوهش انتخاب شدند و با تکمیل پرسشنامه ی کیفیت زندگی کاری والتون(1975) و پرسشنامه ی رفتار شهروندی سازمانی پودساکو...

william of ockham's confrontation with the foundationalism of aristotle and thomas aquinas

traditional foundationalism, initially put forward by aristotle, also received attention in the middle ages. thomas aquinas sustained the theory with a little bit adaptation. but, becuase of his unique conception of the mechanism of knowledge acquisition, william of ockham suggested a theory of foundationalism based on direct realism. in order to avoid the criticisms levelled at aristotle'...

St. Thomas Aquinas: Economics of the Just Society

“the effect of risk aversion on the demand for life insurance: the case of iranian life insurance market”

abstract: about 60% of total premium of insurance industry is pertained?to life policies in the world; while the life insurance total premium in iran is less than 6% of total premium in insurance industry in 2008 (sigma, no 3/2009). among the reasons that discourage the life insurance industry is the problem of adverse selection. adverse selection theory describes a situation where the inf...