Epicurean justice : nature, agreement, and virtue / Jan Maximilian Robitzsch.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Robitzsch, Jan Maximilian, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Epicureans (Greek philosophy).

Justice (Philosophy).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 199 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2024.

Summary:

"In this book, the first English-language monograph on the topic, Jan Maximilian Robitzsch draws on a range of sources including papyrological evidence to give a comprehensive account of the theory of justice advanced by the ancient Greek philosopher Epicurus and his followers"-- Provided by publisher

Contents:

Cover

Half-title

Title page

Imprints page

Dedication

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Chapter 1 The Origin of Justice

1.1 The Structure of Lucretius' Account of the Development of Political Communities

1.2 The Original State

1.3 The Phusis Phase

1.4 The Logismos Phase

1.5 Epicurean Social Contract Theory

Chapter 2 Contractual Justice

2.1 The Naturally Just: Nomos Grounded in Phusis

2.2 Benefit, Harm, and Security: Agreements and Their Role in Epicurean Philosophy

2.3 The Parties of Epicurean Agreements

Chapter 3 Aretaic Justice

3.1 The Epicurean Virtues

3.2 Justice as an Epicurean Virtue

3.3 Two Kinds of Justice?

Chapter 4 Moral Psychology

4.1 Plutarch's Account of the Sage Violating a Law

4.2 Moral Psychology and Justice

4.3 The Importance of a Just Law

4.4 Objections and Replies

Chapter 5 Justice and Law

5.1 Natural Law and Legal Positivism

5.2 The Epicureans on the Relationship between Justice and Law

Chapter 6 Ethical Naturalism

6.1 The Ontology of the Moral: Justice as a Property

6.2 Moral Epistemology

Chapter 7 Conclusion

Appendix A Oikeōsis

Appendix B Cicero, the Epicureans, and the Ring of Gyges

Bibliography

Index Locorum

General Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 07 Mar 2024).

ISBN:

9781009429450

1009429450

9781009429429

1009429426

9781009429436

1009429434