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Aristotle's Ethics

Critical Essays

Edited by Nancy Sherman - Contributions by J L. Ackrill; Julia Annas; M F. Burnyeat; John M. Cooper; Marcia L. Homiak; Rosalind Hursthouse; T H. Irwin; L A. Kosman; Richard Kraut; John McDowell; Alfred R. Mele and Martha C. Nussbaum

The ethics of Aristotle (384-322 B.C.), and virtue ethics in general, have seen a resurgence of interest over the past few decades. No longer do utilitarianism and Kantian ethics on their own dominate the moral landscape. In addition, Aristotelian themes fill out that landscape, with such issues as the importance of friendship and emotions in a good life, the role of moral perception in wise choice, the nature of happiness and its constitution, moral education and habituation, finding a stable home in contemporary moral debate. The essays in this volume represent the best of that debate. Taken together, they provide a close analysis of central arguments in Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics. But they do more than that. Each shows the enduring interest of the questions Aristotle himself subtly and complexly raises in the context of his own contemporary discussions.
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Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 349 • Trim: 6¾ x 9
978-0-8476-8915-6 • Paperback • December 1998 • $77.00 • (£59.00)
Series: Critical Essays on the Classics Series
Subjects: Philosophy / History & Surveys / General
Nancy Sherman is professor of philosophy at Georgetown University and the inaugural holder of the Distinguished Chair in Ethics at the U.S. Naval Academy.
Part 1 Introduction
Part 2 Acknowledgements
Chapter 3 1 Permanent Happiness: Aristotle and Solon
Chapter 4 2 Aristotle on Virtue and Happiness
Chapter 5 3 Aristotle on Eudaimonia
Chapter 6 4 Aristotle on the Human Good: An Overview
Chapter 7 5 A False Doctrine of the Mean
Chapter 8 6 Virtue and Reason
Chapter 9 7 The Discernment of Perception: An Aristotelian Conception of Private and Public Rationality
Chapter 10 8 Aristotle on Akrasia, Eudaimonia, and the Psychology of Action
Chapter 11 9 Aristotle on Learning to Be Good
Chapter 12 10 The Habituation of Character
Chapter 13 11 Being Properly Affected: Virtues and Feelings in Aristotle's Ethics
Chapter 14 12 Friendship and the Good in Aristotle
Chapter 15 13 Feminism and Aristotle's Rational Ideal
Part 16 Suggested Readings
Part 17 Authors
These are wonderful essays that every scholar of Aristotle, Aquinas, virtue theory, or the ethics of character will want to have.
— Diana Fritz Cates, University of Iowa; Religious Studies Review


The book is valuable for displaying the breadth of issues taken up by contemporary scholars over the past twenty-five years in the English-speaking world.
— Ethics: An International Journal of Social, Political, and Legal Philosophy


An excellent contemporary collection of essays on the Ethics, covering all major dimensions of the work.
— Dan O'Bryan, Humanities Department, Sierra Nevada College


An excellent selection. I hope to use it within the next few years.
— David Bradshaw, Department of Philosophy, University of Kentucky


There is more than enough here to whet the appetites of upper-division undergraduates and beginning graduate students.
— E. Halper,, University of Georgia; Choice Reviews


Aristotle's Ethics

Critical Essays

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Summary
Summary
  • The ethics of Aristotle (384-322 B.C.), and virtue ethics in general, have seen a resurgence of interest over the past few decades. No longer do utilitarianism and Kantian ethics on their own dominate the moral landscape. In addition, Aristotelian themes fill out that landscape, with such issues as the importance of friendship and emotions in a good life, the role of moral perception in wise choice, the nature of happiness and its constitution, moral education and habituation, finding a stable home in contemporary moral debate. The essays in this volume represent the best of that debate. Taken together, they provide a close analysis of central arguments in Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics. But they do more than that. Each shows the enduring interest of the questions Aristotle himself subtly and complexly raises in the context of his own contemporary discussions.
Details
Details
  • Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
    Pages: 349 • Trim: 6¾ x 9
    978-0-8476-8915-6 • Paperback • December 1998 • $77.00 • (£59.00)
    Series: Critical Essays on the Classics Series
    Subjects: Philosophy / History & Surveys / General
Author
Author
  • Nancy Sherman is professor of philosophy at Georgetown University and the inaugural holder of the Distinguished Chair in Ethics at the U.S. Naval Academy.
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
  • Part 1 Introduction
    Part 2 Acknowledgements
    Chapter 3 1 Permanent Happiness: Aristotle and Solon
    Chapter 4 2 Aristotle on Virtue and Happiness
    Chapter 5 3 Aristotle on Eudaimonia
    Chapter 6 4 Aristotle on the Human Good: An Overview
    Chapter 7 5 A False Doctrine of the Mean
    Chapter 8 6 Virtue and Reason
    Chapter 9 7 The Discernment of Perception: An Aristotelian Conception of Private and Public Rationality
    Chapter 10 8 Aristotle on Akrasia, Eudaimonia, and the Psychology of Action
    Chapter 11 9 Aristotle on Learning to Be Good
    Chapter 12 10 The Habituation of Character
    Chapter 13 11 Being Properly Affected: Virtues and Feelings in Aristotle's Ethics
    Chapter 14 12 Friendship and the Good in Aristotle
    Chapter 15 13 Feminism and Aristotle's Rational Ideal
    Part 16 Suggested Readings
    Part 17 Authors
Reviews
Reviews
  • These are wonderful essays that every scholar of Aristotle, Aquinas, virtue theory, or the ethics of character will want to have.
    — Diana Fritz Cates, University of Iowa; Religious Studies Review


    The book is valuable for displaying the breadth of issues taken up by contemporary scholars over the past twenty-five years in the English-speaking world.
    — Ethics: An International Journal of Social, Political, and Legal Philosophy


    An excellent contemporary collection of essays on the Ethics, covering all major dimensions of the work.
    — Dan O'Bryan, Humanities Department, Sierra Nevada College


    An excellent selection. I hope to use it within the next few years.
    — David Bradshaw, Department of Philosophy, University of Kentucky


    There is more than enough here to whet the appetites of upper-division undergraduates and beginning graduate students.
    — E. Halper,, University of Georgia; Choice Reviews


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