Aristotle's Method in Ethics
Philosophy in Practice
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- Author: Joseph Karbowski, University of Pittsburgh
- Date Published: February 2021
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- isbn: 9781108411455
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This book examines Aristotle's method in ethics from the vantage point of his broader conception of philosophy. Joseph Karbowski challenges longstanding dialectical orthodoxy and argues instead that, in his ethical treatises, Aristotle is seeking the first principles of a demonstrative ethical science, a science of human goodness, using an ethically adapted version of the method described in the second book of his Posterior Analytics. Part I of this volume develops a novel interpretation of Aristotle's conception of philosophy, which highlights its ambition to scientific knowledge (epistēmē) and its flexible approach to philosophical inquiry. Part II then demonstrates Aristotle's scientific and flexible approach to philosophy at work in his ethical treatises. The book shows how the aspiration to scientific knowledge is compatible with Aristotle's remarks about ethical precision, the practical aim of ethics, and the particular orientedness of phronēsis (practical wisdom).
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- Date Published: February 2021
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781108411455
- length: 287 pages
- dimensions: 230 x 150 x 15 mm
- weight: 0.42kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Introduction
Part I. The Nature of Aristotelian Philosophy:
1. Dialectical reasoning and the dialectical craft
2. The enterprise of philosophy
3. Aristotle's scientific and flexible philosophical method
Part II. Philosophy in Practice:
4. Method in the Eudemian Ethics
5. Ethical precision and the practical necessity of epistēmē
6. Facts, principles, and Aristotle's demonstrative ethical science
7. Strategic flexibility in the Nicomachean Ethics
8. The autonomy of ethics
Conclusion.
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