Bibliograph

Aristotle on the sources of the ethical life, Sylvia Berryman

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Aristotle on the sources of the ethical life, Sylvia Berryman

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Aristotle on the sources of the ethical life

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionariesbibliography

Oclc number

1078433290

Responsibility statement

Sylvia Berryman

Series statement

Oxford scholarship online.

Summary

'Aristotle on the Sources of the Ethical Life' challenges the common belief that Aristotle's ethics is founded on an appeal to human nature, an appeal that is thought to be intended to provide both substantive ethical advice and justification for the demands of ethics. Sylvia Berryman argues that this is not Aristotle's intent, while resisting the view that Aristotle was blind to questions of the source or justification of his ethical views. She interprets Aristotle's views as a 'middle way' between the metaphysical grounding offered by Platonists, and the scepticism or subjectivist alternatives articulated by others. The commitments implicit in the nature of action figure prominently in this account: Aristotle reinterprets Socrates' famous paradox that no-one does evil willingly, taking it to mean that a commitment to pursuing the good is implicit in the very nature of action.--, Provided by publisher

Target audience

specialized

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