Addiction and Virtue
Author | : Kent Dunnington |
Publisher | : InterVarsity Press |
Total Pages | : 201 |
Release | : 2011-07-26 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780830839018 |
ISBN-13 | : 0830839011 |
Rating | : 4/5 (18 Downloads) |
Download or read book Addiction and Virtue written by Kent Dunnington and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2011-07-26 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this interdisciplinary work, Kent Dunnington brings the neglected resources of philosophical and theological analysis to bear on the problem of addiction. Drawing on the insights of Aristotle and Thomas Aquinas, he formulates a compelling alternative to the two dominant models of addiction--addiction as disease and addiction as choice.