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The Virtuous Life in Greek Ethics

Hardback

Main Details

Title The Virtuous Life in Greek Ethics
Authors and Contributors      Edited by Burkhard Reis
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:288
Dimensions(mm): Height 234,Width 159
Category/GenreWestern philosophy - Ancient to c 500
Ethics and moral philosophy
ISBN/Barcode 9780521859370
ClassificationsDewey:170
Audience
Professional & Vocational

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 20 July 2006
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

There is now a renewed concern for moral psychology among moral philosophers. Moreover, contemporary philosophers interested in virtue, moral responsibility and moral progress regularly refer to Plato and Aristotle, the two founding fathers of ancient ethics. The book contains eleven chapters by distinguished scholars which showcase current research in Greek ethics. Four deal with Plato, focusing on the Protagoras, Euthydemus, Symposium and Republic, and discussing matters of literary presentation alongside the philosophical content. The four chapters on Aristotle address problems such as the doctrine of the mean, the status of rules, equity and the tension between altruism and egoism in Aristotelian eudaimonism. A contrast to classical Greek ethics is presented by two chapters reconstructing Epicurus' views on the emotions and moral responsibility as well as on moral development. The final chapter on personal identity in Empedocles shows that the concern for moral progress is already palpable in Presocratic philosophy.

Author Biography

Burkhard Reis is Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter in the project to provide a new German translation of and commentary on Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, which is being run by Dorothea Frede and sponsored by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft. He is the author of Der Platoniker Albinos und sein sogenannter Prologos. Prolegomena, Uberlieferungsgeschichte, kritische Edition und Ubersetzung (1999).