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Blackwell Guide to Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics

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Produktbeschreibung

Features sixteen new essays on one of the most widely studied texts in the history of ethics.
The structure of the book mirrors the organization of the Nichomachean Ethics itself.
Discusses the human good, the general nature of virtue, the distinctive characteristics of particular virtues, voluntariness, self-control, and pleasure.

The Blackwell Guide to Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics consists of sixteen newly commissioned essays on one of the most widely studied texts in the history of ethics. The volume is faithful to the organization of the Nicomachean Ethics itself, discussing the human good, the general nature of virtue, the distinctive characteristics of particular virtues, voluntariness, self-control, and pleasure.The guide, with contributed essays by a distinguished international cast of scholars and an introduction by Richard Kraut, illuminates Aristotle's ethics for both scholars and students new to the work.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Blackwell Publishing
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Dezember 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 168mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 723g
• ISBN-13: 9781405120203
• ISBN-10: 1405120207
• Artikelnr.: 21847046

Autorenporträt

Richard Kraut is Professor of Philosophy and Classics, and the Charles E. and Emma H. Morrison Professor in the Humanities, at Northwestern University. He is the author of Socrates and the State (1984), Aristotle on the Human Good (1989), and Aristotle: Political Philosophy (2002).

Inhaltsangabe

Notes on Contributors.

Acknowledgment.

Abbreviations.

Introduction (Richard Kraut).

1. Aristotle's Ethical Treatises (Chris Bobonich).

2. Human Good and Human Function (Gavin Lawrence).

3. How to Justify Ethical Propositions: Aristotle's Method(Richard Kraut).

4. The Central Doctrine of the Mean (Rosalind Hursthouse).

5. Aristotle on Moral Virtue and the Fine (Gabriel RichardsonLear).

6. Aristotle on the Voluntary (Susan Sauve Meyer).

7. Aristotle on Greatness of Soul (Roger Crisp).

8. Aristotle's Justice (Charles Young).

9. Aristotle on the Virtues of Thought (C.D.C. Reeve).

10. The Practical Syllogism (Paula Gottlieb).

11. Acrasia and Self-Control (A.W. Price).

12. Pleasure and Pain in Aristotle's Ethics (DorotheaFrede).

13. The Nicomachean Account of Philia (Jennifer Whiting).

14. Aristotle's Political Ethics (Malcolm Schofield).

15. Aquinas, Natural Law, and Aristotelian Eudaemonism (T. H.Irwin).

16. Aristotle and Contemporary Ethics (Sarah Broadie).

Index of Passages from Aristotle.

General Index.

Rezensionen

"Searching for light on Aristotle's ethics? Look nofurther than this fine collection of new essays on the major topicsof the Nicomachean Ethics from leading scholars of fivecountries." David Keyt, University of Washington

"This is a stimulating and wide-ranging collection oflucid and rigorous essays by some of the world's finestAristotelian scholars. It offers fresh insights intoAristotle's arguments, methodology, influence, andcontemporary relevance and will appeal both to first-time readersand those returning to the work." Angela Hobbs, Universityof Warwick

"A welcome addition for anyone interested inAristotle's ethics. Its authors form an impressive list ofscholars, and it covers a wide range of topics relevant toAristotle's ethics. Worth owning." Norman Dahl, Universityof Minnesota