Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics
A Critical Guide
Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy, Ancient, Ethics & Moral Philosophy
| Author: | ISBN: | 9781139124201 | |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press | Publication: | August 18, 2011 |
| Imprint: | Cambridge University Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | |
| ISBN: | 9781139124201 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Publication: | August 18, 2011 |
| Imprint: | Cambridge University Press |
| Language: | English |
Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics is one of the most important ethical treatises ever written, and has had a profound influence on the subsequent development of ethics and moral psychology. This collection of essays, written by both senior and younger scholars in the field, presents a thorough and close examination of the work. The essays address a broad range of issues including the compositional integrity of the Ethics, the nature of desire, the value of emotions, happiness and the virtues. The result is a volume which will challenge and advance the scholarship on the Ethics, establishing new ways of viewing and appreciating the work for all scholars of Aristotle.
Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics is one of the most important ethical treatises ever written, and has had a profound influence on the subsequent development of ethics and moral psychology. This collection of essays, written by both senior and younger scholars in the field, presents a thorough and close examination of the work. The essays address a broad range of issues including the compositional integrity of the Ethics, the nature of desire, the value of emotions, happiness and the virtues. The result is a volume which will challenge and advance the scholarship on the Ethics, establishing new ways of viewing and appreciating the work for all scholars of Aristotle.
