Moral psychology and human action in Aristotle / edited by Michael Pakaluk and Giles Pearson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Pakaluk, Michael, 1957-

Pearson, Giles.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aristotle--Criticism and interpretation.

Aristotle.

Psychology and philosophy.

Ethics, Ancient.

Criticism and interpretation.

Physical Description:

x, 342 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.

Summary:

Both Aristotle and moral psychology have been flourishing areas of philosophical inquiry in recent years. This volume aims to bring the two streams of research together, offering a fresh infusion of Aristotelian insights into moral psychology and philosophy of action, and the application of developed philosophical sensibility as regards the reading of Aristotelian texts. The contributors offer stimulating new examinations of Aristotle's understanding of the various psychological states, dispositions, processes, and acts-including reasoning and deliberation-that contribute to the understanding of human action and its ethical appraisal. Book jacket.

Contents:

Pleasure as an activity in the Nicomachean ethics / Robert Heinaman

Aristotle's theory of the emotions : emotions as pleasures and pains / Jamie Dow

Desire in action : Aristotle's move / David Charles

Aristotle and Scanlon on desire and motivation / Giles Pearson

Phantasia in De motu animalium / Malcolm Schofield

Aristotle on the ends of deliberation / Anthony Price

Deliberation and choice in Aristotle / Heda Segvic

Akrasia : the rest of the story? / David Charles

Mixed actions and double effect / Michael Pakaluk

Acquiring character : becoming grown-up / Gavin Lawrence

Aristotle on responsibility for one's character / Pierre Destrée.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-328) and index.

ISBN:

9780199546541

0199546541

OCLC:

663438387

Publisher Number:

40019271843