Howard J Curzer

Aristotle and the Virtues

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Produktbeschreibung

Howard J. Curzer presents a fresh new reading of Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, which brings each of the virtues alive. He argues that justice and friendship are symbiotic in Aristotle's view; reveals how virtue ethics is not only about being good, but about becoming good; and describes Aristotle's ultimate quest to determine happiness.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press (UK)
• Seitenzahl: 462
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Mai 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 247mm x 164mm x 33mm
• Gewicht: 870g
• ISBN-13: 9780199693726
• ISBN-10: 0199693722
• Artikelnr.: 35056873

Autorenporträt

Howard J. Curzer received both BA and MA degrees in mathematics from Wesleyan University and a PhD in philosophy from the University of Texas at Austin. He has taught at Texas Tech University since 1985. In addition to Aristotle's ethical theory, he has published or presented papers on virtue ethics, measurement of moral development, the ethics of wildlife research, the ethics of care, biomedical ethics, and ethics within the Confucian tradition.

Inhaltsangabe

* 1: Introduction
* MORAL VIRTUES
* 2: Courage and Continence (III.6-9)
* 3: Temperance and Incontinence (III10-12)
* 4: Liberality and Benevolence (IV.1)
* 5: Magnificence and Heroic Virtue (IV.2)
* 6: Megalopsychia and Appropriate Ambition (IV.3-4)
* 7: Good Temper and Forgiveness (IV.5)
* 8: Wit and Wounding (IV.8)
* 9: Friendliness and Civility (IV.6)
* 10: Truthfulness and Integrity (IV.7)
* JUSTICE AND FRIENDSHIP
* 11: General, Particular, and Poetic Justice (V)
* 12: Varieties of Friendship (VIII-IX)
* 13: Justice in Friendship (VIII-IX)
* MORAL DEVELOPMENT
* 14: Practical Wisdom and Reciprocity of Virtue (VI.12-13)
* 15: Aristotle's Painful Path to Virtue: the Many and the
Generous-Minded
* 16: Shame and Moral Development: the Incontinent, the Continent, the
Naturally Virtuous, and the Properly Virtuous
* 17: Aristotle's Losers: The Vicious, The Brutish, Natural Slaves, and
Tragic Heroes
* 18: Happiness and Luck (I and X.6-8)
* Bibliography
* Index