Why Faith Is a Virtue

by Philip D. Smith

Book Overview

What is faith? In what ways might faith be a virtue, a component of a life well lived? How might faith be corrupted and become a vice? In Why Faith Is a Virtue, Philip D. Smith builds on the work of Alasdair MacIntyre and Robert Adams to argue that faith contributes to human excellence. To make the argument, Smith sorts through conflicting possible ""faiths"" and shows how some of them are not virtues at all. Nevertheless, he argues that faith, properly...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1620326914
• ISBN13: 9781620326916
• Release Date: March 2014
• Publisher: Cascade Books
• Length: 182 Pages
• Weight: 0.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.0"