The Will Discourse in Late Medieval Philosophy and Theology

This volume sheds light on underexplored aspects of voluntarism that were extensively debated in thirteenth- and fourteenth-century philosophy and theology.By charting a map of complex and multifaceted debates on the will, it provides insight into approaches to ethics and moral psychology that sprouted in the later Middle Ages and sparked various arguments and methods for defending the freedom of the will. Although interest in medieval ethics has increased in recent years, these studies mainly examine the concept of virtues, happiness, the freedom of the will, and the will-intellect interplay.These studies pay little attention to fourteenth-century ethics and largely neglect theories of action, the conditionality of the will, and the will-time issues.The chapters in this volume illuminate new approaches and reveal the multiple facets of the will-debate that emerged in the late medieval period.They address a wide range of topics such as second-order volitions, non-velle and nolle acts o