Bridging the Gap between Aristotle's Science and Ethics

Herausgeber: Henry, Devin; Nielsen, Karen Margrethe

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Explores the extent to which Aristotle's ethical treatises employ the concepts, methods, and practices developed in his 'scientific' works.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. August 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 618g
• ISBN-13: 9781107010369
• ISBN-10: 1107010365
• Artikelnr.: 41852935

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. Ethical First Principles: 1. Aristotle on principles in ethics:
political science as the science of the human good Karen Margrethe Nielsen;
2. Practical and theoretical knowledge in Aristotle James V. Allen; 3.
Aristotle on practical and theoretical knowledge David Charles; 4. Virtue
and reason in Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics Mary Louise Gill; Part II.
Enquiry and Explanation: 5. Endoxa, facts, and the starting points of the
Nichomachean Ethics Joseph Karbowski; 6. Scientific and ethical methods in
Aristotle's Eudemian and Nicomachean Ethics Daniel Devereux; 7. The search
for definitions of justice in Nichomachean Ethics 5 Carlo Natali; 8.
Holding for the most part: the demonstrability of moral facts Devin Henry;
Part III. Ethics and the Natural Sciences: 9. Aristotle on the biological
roots of virtue: the natural history of natural virtue James G. Lennox; 10.
Aristotle on knowing natural science for the sake of living well Mariska
Leunissen; 11. The science of soul in Aristotle's Ethics Christopher
Shields; 12. Luck in Aristotle's Physics and Ethics Monte Ransome Johnson;
13. 'As if by convention alone': the unstable ontology of Aristotle's
Ethics Charlotte Witt.