| Description |
viii, 438 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Major thinkers series ; 2
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Major thinkers series ; 2.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Summary |
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 not otherwise available, form a continuous commentary on the Ethics.--From publisher description. |
| Contents |
Aristotle on Eudaimonia / Thomas Nagel -- Aristotle on Eudaimonia / J.L. Ackrill -- The metaphysical and psychological basis of Aristotle's Ethics / T.H. Irwin -- Self-movers / David J. Furley -- Aristotle on learning to be good / M.F. Burnyeat -- Aristotle on action / J.L. Ackrill -- Being properly affected : virtues and feelings in Aristotle's Ethics / L.A. Kosman -- Reason and responsibility in Aristotle / T.H. Irwin -- Aristotle's doctrine of the mean / J.O. Urmson -- Courage as a mean / David Pears -- Justice as a virtue / Bernard Williams -- Aristotle on the role of intellect in virtue / Richard Sorabji -- Deliberation and practical reason ; Weakness of will commensurability, and the objects of deliberation and desire / David Wiggins -- Akrasia and pleasure : Nicomachean ethics Book 7 / Amélie Oksenberg Rorty -- Aristotle on pleasure and goodness / Julia Annas -- Aristotle on friendship / John M. Cooper -- The good man and the good for man in Aristotle's Ethics / Kathleen V. Wilkes -- The role of Eudaimonia in Aristotle's Ethics / John McDowell -- The place of contemplation in Aristotle's Nicomachean ethics / Amélie Oksenberg Rorty -- Shame, separateness, and political unity : Aristotle's criticism of Plato / Martha Craven Nussbaum. |
| Subject |
Aristotle. Nicomachean ethics.
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Ethics.
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Ethics. |
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Aristote. Ethique à Nicomaque. |
| Added Author |
Rorty, Amélie.
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| ISBN |
0520037731 |
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9780520037731 |
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0520040414 (paperback) |
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9780520040410 (paperback) |
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