Essays on Aristotle's EthicsAmélie Rorty 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 continuos commentary on the Ethics. Philosophers and classicists alike will welcome them. |
Contents
Aristotle on Eudaimonia | 7 |
Aristotle on Eudaimonia | 15 |
The Metaphysical and Psychological Basis | 35 |
SelfMovers | 55 |
Aristotle on Learning to Be Good | 69 |
Aristotle on Action | 93 |
Virtues and Feelings | 103 |
Reason and Responsibility in Aristotle | 117 |
Deliberation and Practical Reason | 221 |
Weakness of Will Commensurability and | 241 |
Nicomachean Ethics Book 7 | 267 |
Aristotle on Pleasure and Goodness | 285 |
Aristotle on Friendship | 301 |
The Good Man and the Good for Man | 341 |
The Role of Eudaimonia in Aristotles Ethics | 359 |
The Place of Contemplation in Aristotles | 377 |
Aristotles Doctrine of the Mean | 157 |
Courage as a Mean | 171 |
Justice as a Virtue | 189 |
Aristotles | 395 |
Contributors | 437 |
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