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Aristotle's Ethics

Aristotle's Ethics

Aristotle's Ethics

<i>Nicomachean</i> and <i>Eudemian</i> Themes
Paula Gottlieb, University of Wisconsin, Madison
June 2022
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    This Element is an examination of the philosophical themes presented in Aristotle's Nicomachean and Eudemian Ethics. Topics include happiness, the voluntary and choice, the doctrine of the mean, particular virtues of character and temperamental means, virtues of thought, akrasia, pleasure, friendship, and luck. Special attention has been paid to Aristotle's treatment of virtues of character and thought and their relation to happiness, the reason why Aristotle is the quintessential virtue ethicist. The virtues of character have not received the attention they deserve in most discussions of the relationship between the two treatises.

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    June 2022
    Paperback
    9781108706575
    75 pages
    228 × 151 × 5 mm
    0.13kg
    Available

    Table of Contents

    • Introduction
    • 1. Happiness
    • 2. Virtue of Character and the Doctrine of the Mean
    • 3. The Voluntary and Choice
    • 4. Virtues of Character and Temperamental Means
    • 5. Justice
    • 6. Virtues of Thought
    • 7. Akrasia and Pleasure
    • 8. Friendship
    • 9. Sophistic Puzzles, the Kaloskagathos, and Luck
    • 10. Happiness Revisited
    • Conclusion.
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    • Paula Gottlieb , University of Wisconsin, Madison