Aristotle's Ethics : moral development and human nature

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Aristotle's Ethics : moral development and human nature

Hope May

（Continuum studies in ancient philosophy）

Continuum, c2010

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注記

Bibliography: p. [174]-179

Includes indexes

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巻冊次

ISBN 9780826491107

内容説明

This book examines Aristotle's views on ethics and human nature, an issue central to the thought of this hugely important and influential philosopher. Aristotle's "Nicomachean Ethics" is devoted to the topic of human happiness. Yet, although Aristotle's conception of happiness is central to his whole philosophical project, there is much controversy surrounding it. Hope May offers a new interpretation of Aristotle's account of happiness - one which incorporates Aristotle's views about the biological development of human beings. May argues that the relationship amongst the moral virtues, the intellectual virtues, and happiness, is best understood through the lens of developmentalism. On this view, happiness emerges from the cultivation of a number of virtues that are developmentally related. May goes on to show how contemporary scholarship in psychology, ethical theory and legal philosophy signals a return to Aristotelian ethics. Specifically, May shows how a theory of motivation known as Self-Determination Theory and recent research on goal attainment have deep affinities to Aristotle's ethical theory. May argues that this recent work can ground a contemporary virtue theory that acknowledges the centrality of autonomy in a way that captures the fundamental tenets of Aristotle's ethics.

目次

  • PART I: A DEVELOPMENTALIST INTERPRETATION OF ARISTOTLE'S ETHICAL THEORY
  • 1. The Function Argument
  • 2. Interpretations of the Function Argument
  • 3. Developmentalism
  • PART II: THE RETURN TO ARISTOTLE in the 21st CENTURY
  • 4. Psychology
  • 5. Ethics
  • 6. Law
  • 7. Education.
巻冊次

: [pbk.] ISBN 9781441119308

内容説明

Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics is devoted to the topic of human happiness. Yet, although Aristotle's conception of happiness is central to his whole philosophical project, there is much controversy surrounding it. Hope May offers a new interpretation of Aristotle's account of happiness - one which incorporates Aristotle's views about the biological development of human beings. May argues that the relationship amongst the moral virtues, the intellectual virtues, and happiness, is best understood through the lens of developmentalism. On this view, happiness emerges from the cultivation of a number of virtues that are developmentally related. May goes on to show how contemporary scholarship in psychology, ethical theory and legal philosophy signals a return to Aristotelian ethics. Specifically, May shows how a theory of motivation known as Self-Determination Theory and recent research on goal attainment have deep affinities to Aristotle's ethical theory. May argues that this recent work can ground a contemporary virtue theory that acknowledges the centrality of autonomy in a way that captures the fundamental tenets of Aristotle's ethics.

目次

  • Preface and Acknowledgements
  • Abbreviations and Notes on Translations
  • 1. The Intellectualism Debate
  • 2. A Developmentalist Interpretation of the Function Argument
  • 3. Ethical Virtue as a Developmental Prerequisite for Contemplative Excellence
  • 4. Aristotle's Developmentalist Approach Modernized: Flourishing as Self-Concordance
  • 5. The Developmental Preconditions of Self-Concordance
  • 6. The Ecological Preconditions of Self-Concordance
  • Conclusion
  • Wendy Kopp: An Illustration of Self-Concordance
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index of Names
  • Index of Subjects.

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