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Aristotle's ethical theory / by W.F.R. Hardie.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hardie, W. F. R. (William Francis Ross), 1902-1990, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Aristotle. Nicomachean ethics--English.
- Aristotle.
- Ethics, Ancient.
- Ethics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (x, 448 pages)
- Edition:
- 2nd ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2004.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This is a study of Aristotle's moral philosophy as it is contained in the Nicomachean Ethics. Hardie examines the difficulties of the text; presents a map of inescapable philosophical questions; and brings out the ambiguities and critical disagreements on some central topics, including happiness, the soul, the ethical mean, and the initiation of action.
- Contents:
- Introductory note: Aristotle's ethical writings
- The final good for man
- The nature of the inquiry
- The platonic idea of the good
- The nature of man
- Appendix: bodies which have souls
- The general nature of ethical virtue
- Virtue is a mean
- The distinction between the voluntary and the involuntary
- Choice and the origination of action
- Justice
- Practical wisdom
- Note on the practical syllogism
- Moral weakness
- Pleasure
- Friendship and self-love
- Theoretical activity and the nature of reason.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Print version
- ISBN:
- 0-19-168095-8
- 0-19-824632-3
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