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catalog abstract ""From Aristotle to Zeno, Introduction to Virtue Ethics examines the foundations on which later philosophers built their understandings of the place - and meaning - of human life. The Greek term arete, which we generally translate as "virtue," can also be translated as "excellence." Arete embraced both intellectual and moral excellence as well as human creations and achievements." "This survey of the development of virtue ethics in the early stages of western civilization deals with a wide range of philosophers and schools of philosophy and speaks to those human attributes that we have come to know as the "stuff" of virtue: desire, happiness, the "good," character, the role of pride, prudence, and wisdom, and stands them against more current or modern conceptions and controversies." "There remains a tension between viewing ethics and morality as something religious or as something essentially rational. A second tension centers on whether we view morality primarily in terms of our obligations or primarily in terms of our desire for what is good. Introduction to Virtue Ethics is for anyone interested in the fundamental question Socrates posed: "What kind of life is worth living?""--Jacket.".
catalog contributor b12797821.
catalog created "c2002.".
catalog date "2002".
catalog date "c2002.".
catalog dateCopyrighted "c2002.".
catalog description ""From Aristotle to Zeno, Introduction to Virtue Ethics examines the foundations on which later philosophers built their understandings of the place - and meaning - of human life. The Greek term arete, which we generally translate as "virtue," can also be translated as "excellence." Arete embraced both intellectual and moral excellence as well as human creations and achievements." "This survey of the development of virtue ethics in the early stages of western civilization deals with a wide range of philosophers and schools of philosophy and speaks to those human attributes that we have come to know as the "stuff" of virtue: desire, happiness, the "good," character, the role of pride, prudence, and wisdom, and stands them against more current or modern conceptions and controversies." "There remains a tension between viewing ethics and morality as something religious or as something essentially rational. A second tension centers on whether we view morality primarily in terms of our obligations or primarily in terms of our desire for what is good. Introduction to Virtue Ethics is for anyone interested in the fundamental question Socrates posed: "What kind of life is worth living?""--Jacket.".
catalog description "Desire, Happiness, and Virtue -- The Origin of Ethics -- Desires and Impulses -- Do People Have Nonrational Desires? -- Two Objections -- Desires, Impulses, and Good Things -- Self-Interest and the Good -- The Overriding Good -- Plato and the Overriding Good -- Aristotle and the Overriding Good -- Summary of the Starting Point (the Arche) of Greek Virtue Ethics -- Happiness -- The Greatest Good Is Happiness -- The Prephilosophical Notion of Happiness -- The Prephilosophical Definitions of Happiness -- Transforming the Prephilosophical Definitions of Happiness -- The Philosophical Criteria for Happiness -- Is There a Philosophical Definition of Happiness? -- Character Virtue -- Prephilosophical Ideas about Virtue -- Philosophical Conception of Virtue -- Three Important Distinctions in Virtue Ethics -- Nature of the Authentic Character Virtues -- The Number of Character Virtues -- Pride, the Forgotten Character Virtue -- The Unity of Virtue -- Prudence and Character Virtue -- Prudence in Socrates and Plato -- Wisdom and Prudence in the Socratic Dialogues -- Xenophon's Account of Socrates' Deliberations -- Prudence in the Republic -- Prudence in the Philebus -- Prudence in the Statesman -- Prudence in the Laws -- Prudence in Aristotle -- Prudence in the Rhetoric -- Prudence and Authentic Character Virtue -- Prudence and Autonomy -- Prudence and Prudent People (the phronimoi) -- Prudence and Laws -- Character Virtue without Prudence? -- Prudence in Stoicism -- Prudence and Stoic Determinism -- Prudence as a Skill.".
catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 174-183) and index.".
catalog extent "ix, 195 p. ;".
catalog identifier "0878403728 (pbk : alk. paper)".
catalog issued "2002".
catalog issued "c2002.".
catalog language "eng".
catalog publisher "Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press,".
catalog spatial "Greece".
catalog subject "170/.938 21".
catalog subject "BJ171.V55 D48 2002".
catalog subject "Ethics Greece History.".
catalog subject "Ethics, Ancient.".
catalog subject "Prudence History.".
catalog subject "Virtue History.".
catalog tableOfContents "Desire, Happiness, and Virtue -- The Origin of Ethics -- Desires and Impulses -- Do People Have Nonrational Desires? -- Two Objections -- Desires, Impulses, and Good Things -- Self-Interest and the Good -- The Overriding Good -- Plato and the Overriding Good -- Aristotle and the Overriding Good -- Summary of the Starting Point (the Arche) of Greek Virtue Ethics -- Happiness -- The Greatest Good Is Happiness -- The Prephilosophical Notion of Happiness -- The Prephilosophical Definitions of Happiness -- Transforming the Prephilosophical Definitions of Happiness -- The Philosophical Criteria for Happiness -- Is There a Philosophical Definition of Happiness? -- Character Virtue -- Prephilosophical Ideas about Virtue -- Philosophical Conception of Virtue -- Three Important Distinctions in Virtue Ethics -- Nature of the Authentic Character Virtues -- The Number of Character Virtues -- Pride, the Forgotten Character Virtue -- The Unity of Virtue -- Prudence and Character Virtue -- Prudence in Socrates and Plato -- Wisdom and Prudence in the Socratic Dialogues -- Xenophon's Account of Socrates' Deliberations -- Prudence in the Republic -- Prudence in the Philebus -- Prudence in the Statesman -- Prudence in the Laws -- Prudence in Aristotle -- Prudence in the Rhetoric -- Prudence and Authentic Character Virtue -- Prudence and Autonomy -- Prudence and Prudent People (the phronimoi) -- Prudence and Laws -- Character Virtue without Prudence? -- Prudence in Stoicism -- Prudence and Stoic Determinism -- Prudence as a Skill.".
catalog title "Introduction to virtue ethics : insights of the ancient Greeks / Raymond J. Devettere.".
catalog type "History. fast".
catalog type "text".