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Beschreibung
Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics is devoted to the topic of human [...], although Aristotle's conception of happiness is central to his whole philosophical project, there is much controversy surrounding it. Hope May offers a new interpretation of Aristotle's account of happiness - one which incorporates Aristotle's views about the biological development of human [...] argues that the relationship amongst the moral virtues, the intellectual virtues, and happiness, is best understood through the lens of [...] this view, happiness emerges from the cultivation of a number of virtues that are developmentally [...] goes on to show how contemporary scholarship in psychology, ethical theory and legal philosophy signals a return to Aristotelian ethics.Specifically, May shows how a theory of motivation known as Self-Determination Theory and recent research on goal attainment have deep affinities to Aristotle's ethical [...] argues that this recent work can ground a contemporary virtue theory that acknowledges the centrality of autonomy in a way that captures the fundamental tenets of Aristotle's ethics.
Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics is devoted to the topic of human [...], although Aristotle's conception of happiness is central to his whole philosophical project, there is much controversy surrounding it. Hope May offers a new interpretation of Aristotle's account of happiness - one which incorporates Aristotle's views about the biological development of human [...] argues that the relationship amongst the moral virtues, the intellectual virtues, and happiness, is best understood through the lens of [...] this view, happiness emerges from the cultivation of a number of virtues that are developmentally [...] goes on to show how contemporary scholarship in psychology, ethical theory and legal philosophy signals a return to Aristotelian ethics.Specifically, May shows how a theory of motivation known as Self-Determination Theory and recent research on goal attainment have deep affinities to Aristotle's ethical [...] argues that this recent work can ground a contemporary virtue theory that acknowledges the centrality of autonomy in a way that captures the fundamental tenets of Aristotle's ethics.
Zusammenfassung
Provides a compelling account of the scholarly debates surrounding Aristotle's conception of ethics and human nature.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Preface and Acknowledgements \ Abbreviations and Notes on Translations \ 1. The Intellectualism Debate \ 2. A Developmentalist Interpretation of the Function Argument \ 3. Ethical Virtue as a Developmental Prerequisite for Contemplative Excellence \ 4. Aristotle's Developmentalist Approach Modernized: Flourishing as Self-Concordance \ 5. The Developmental Preconditions of Self-Concordance \ 6. The Ecological Preconditions of Self-Concordance \ Conclusion \ Wendy Kopp: An Illustration of Self-Concordance \ Notes \ Bibliography \ Index of Names \ Index of Subjects.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
Genre: Importe, Philosophie
Jahrhundert: Renaissance und Aufklärung
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9781441119308
ISBN-10: 1441119302
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: May, Hope
Hope May
Hersteller: Continnuum-3PL
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 234 x 156 x 11 mm
Von/Mit: Hope May (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum: 20.10.2011
Gewicht: 0,319 kg
Artikel-ID: 133033757