Consent Book

	Introduction	1
Ch. I	Aquinas' Distinction Between Assent and Consent	9
A	The Place of Consent in the Human Act	9
B	The Etymology and Imagery of 'Consent' and 'Assent'	13
Ch. II	The Nature and Activity of the Will	21
A	The Will as Appetite	21
B	The Object of the Will	23
C	Particular Goods: The Domain of Freedom	26
D	Different Degrees of Willing	29
Ch. III	The Meaning of Faith and Its Place in Cognition	35
A	The Historical Controversy: Is Faith an Intellectual or Voluntary Act?	35
B	The Epistemological Structure of Faith	39
Ch. IV	The Content of Faith	47
A	The Object of Faith	47
B	The Relationship of the Object of Faith to Propositions	50
C	Natural Reason and the "Stuff of Religion"	54
Ch. V	Challenges to Aquinas' Account of Faith	61
A	The Mutual Exclusivity of Faith and Reason	61
B	The Challenge of Falsification	63
C	Intrinsic and Extrinsic Evidence	66
Ch. VI	Assent and Consent in Faith	73
A	The Intellect's Role in Faith	73
B	The Relationship Between Assent and Consent	78
C	The Will and Intellect Compared: Which is Superior?	82
Ch. VII	Action as an Indication of One's Degree of Faith	87
A	The Behavioral Implications of Assent and Consent	87
B	Different Degrees of Faith	91
C	Charity: Consent's Theological Counterpart	95
D	Conclusion	101
	Notes	107
	Bibliography	121
	Index	125