Aristotle's Ethics : moral development and human nature

Aristotle's Ethics : moral development and human nature / Hope May.

This is a new and highly original monograph examining 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 Ari...

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Main Author: May, Hope
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Continuum, ©2010.
Series:Continuum studies in ancient philosophy.
Subjects:
Aristotle. > Nicomachean ethics.
Nicomachean ethics (Aristotle)
Moral development.
Happiness.
PHILOSOPHY > Ethics & Moral Philosophy.
Happiness
Moral development
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Table of Contents:
  • Preface and Acknowledgments; 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; Notes; Bibliography; Index of Names; Index of Subjects.

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