Essays on Aristotle's ethics

Author(s)

• Rorty, Amélie

Bibliographic Information

Essays on Aristotle's ethics

edited by Amélie Oksenberg Rorty

（Major thinkers series, 2）

University of California Press, c1980

• : pbk

Note

Includes bibliographies

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Aristotle's "Nicomachean Ethics" deals with character and its proper development in the acquisition of thoughtful habits directed toward appropriate ends. The articles in this unique collection, many new or not readily available, form a continuous commentary on the Ethics. Philosophers and classicists alike will welcome them.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Aristotle on Eudaimonia Thomas Nagel 2. Aristotle on Eudaimonia ]. L. Ackrill * 3. The Metaphysical and Psychological Basis of Aristotle's Ethics T. H. Irwin 4. Self-Movers David ]. Furley 5. Aristotle on Learning to Be Good M. F. Burnyeat 6. Aristotle on Action ]. L. Ackrill 7. Being Properly Affected: Virtues and Feelings in Aristotle's Ethics L.A. Kosman 8. Reason and Responsibility in Aristotle T. H. Irwin 9. Aristotle's Doctrine of the Mean J. 0. Urmson 10. Courage as a Mean David Pears 11. Justice as a Virtue Bernard Williams 12. Aristotle on the Role of Intellect in Virtue Richard Sorabji 13. Deliberation and Practical Reason David Wiggins 14. Weakness of Will, Commensurability, and the Objects of Deliberation and Desire David Wiggins 15. Akrasia and Pleasure: Nicomachean Ethics Book 7 Amelie 0. Rorty 16. Aristotle on Pleasure and Goodness Julia Annas 17. Aristotle on Friendship John M. Cooper 18. The Good Man and the Good for Man in Aristotle's Ethics Kathleen V. Wilkes 19. The Role of Eudaimonia in Aristotle's Ethics John McDowell 20. The Place of Contemplation in Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics Amelie 0. Rorty 21. Shame, Separateness, and Political Unity: Aristotle's Criticism of Plato Martha Craven Nussbaum Contributors

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Details

• NCID: BA04021695
• ISBN:
  • 0520037731
  • 0520040414
• LCCN: 78062858
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Berkeley
• Pages/Volumes: viii, 438 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : B430.A5
  • DC19 : 171/.3
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Aristotle. Nicomachean ethics -- Addresses, essays, lectures
  • LCSH : Ethics -- Addresses, essays, lectures
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00638569