Aristotle's "Nicomachean ethics" / edited by Otfried Höffe ; translated by David Fernbach.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Höffe, Otfried.

Series:

Brill eBook titles

Standardized Title:

Aristoteles, die Nikomachische Ethik. English.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aristotle. Nicomachean ethics.

Aristotle.

Ethics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (275 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Anyone interested in theories of moral or human practice will find in Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics one of the few basic models relevant through to today. At the centre of his analysis, both sober and cautious, are such concepts as happiness, virtue, choice, prudence, incontinence, pleasure and friendship. Aristotle’s arguments are by no means of merely historical interest, but continue to exert a key influence on present-day ethical debate. The thirteen contributions in this volume present the foundations of Aristotle’s investigation, along with the modern background of its reception.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / Otfried Höffe

Introduction / Otfried Höffe

Ethics As Practical Philosophy: Methodological Considerations (Book I.1-3 [1], 1094a22-1095a13) / Otfried Höffe

Aristotle On Eudaimonia (Book I.1–5 [1–3] And 7–8 [5–6]) / John L. Ackrill

The Critique Of Plato (Book I.6 [I.4]) / Hellmut Flashar

The Sense Of Aristotle’s Doctrine Of The Mean (Book II) / Ursula Wolf

Free Will, Choice, And Responsibility (Book III.1–5 [1–7]) / Christof Rapp

Aristotle On Justice (Book V) / Günther Bien

Phronêsis. Notes On A Concept Of Aristotle’s Ethics (Book VI, Chapters 5, 8–13) / Theodor Ebert

Aristotle On Akrasia (Book VII.1–11) / Richard Robinson

The Value And Nature Of Pleasure (Book VII.11–14 [12–15] And Book X.1–5) / Friedo Ricken

Friendship (Books VIII And IX) / Anthony Price

The Contemplative And The Political Forms Of Life (Book X.6–9) / Wolfgang Kullmann

Prospect: Aristotle Or Kant? Against A Simple Alternative / Otfried Höffe

Bibliography / Otfried Höffe

Glossary / Otfried Höffe

Name Index / Otfried Höffe

Subject Index / Otfried Höffe.

Notes:

Originally published in German as: Aristoteles, Nikomachische Ethik. 2nd edition Berlin : Akademie Verlag, c2006.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [247]-252) and indexes.

ISBN:

1-283-85636-0

90-474-4480-9

OCLC:

820719524

Publisher Number:

10.1163/ej.9789004177628.i-259 DOI