Aristotle's ethics : writings from the complete works / revised, edited, and with an introduction by Jonathan Barnes and Anthony Kenny ; jacket design by Jason Alejandro.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Aristotle, author.

Contributor:

Barnes, Jonathan, 1942- editor, author of introduction, etc.

Kenny, Anthony, 1931- editor, author of introduction, etc.

Alejandro, Jason, bookjacket designer.

Standardized Title:

Works. Selections. English. 2014

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethics--Early works to 1800.

Ethics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (523 p.)

Edition:

Revised

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey ; Oxfordshire, England : Princeton University Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Biography/History:

Jonathan Barnes taught at the universities of Oxford, Geneva, and Paris-Sorbonne. He has published extensively on ancient philosophy and is the editor of The Complete Works of Aristotle: The Revised Oxford Translation (Princeton). Anthony Kenny is a philosopher, former president of the British Academy, former master of Balliol College, University of Oxford, and the author of more than forty books, including A New History of Western Philosophy.

Summary:

Aristotle's moral philosophy is a pillar of Western ethical thought. It bequeathed to the world an emphasis on virtues and vices, happiness as well-being or a life well lived, and rationally motivated action as a mean between extremes. Its influence was felt well beyond antiquity into the Middle Ages, particularly through the writings of St. Thomas Aquinas. In the past century, with the rise of virtue theory in moral philosophy, Aristotle's ethics has been revived as a source of insight and interest. While most attention has traditionally focused on Aristotle's famous Nicomachean Ethics, there are several other works written by or attributed to Aristotle that illuminate his ethics: the Eudemian Ethics, the Magna Moralia, and Virtues and Vices. This book brings together all four of these important texts, in thoroughly revised versions of the translations found in the authoritative complete works universally recognized as the standard English edition. Edited and introduced by two of the world's leading scholars of ancient philosophy, this is an essential volume for anyone interested in the ethical thought of one of the most important philosophers in the Western tradition.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Introduction

1. Happiness And The Human Good

2. Virtue

3. Action

4. The Moral Virtues

5. Justice

6. The Intellectual Virtues

7. Continence And Incontinence

8. Pleasure

9. Friendship

10. Virtue In General

11. Good Fortune

12. Gentlemanliness

13. Concluding Remarks

Nicomachean Ethics

Magna Moralia

Virtues and Vices

Glossaries

Index of Names

General Index

Notes:

Includes indexes.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781400852369

1400852366

OCLC:

882769326