Aristotle's Ethics：Critical Essays

TheethicsofAristotle(384-322B.C.),andvirtueethicsingeneral,haveseenaresurgenceofinterestoverthepastfewdecades.NolongerdoutilitarianismandKantianethicsontheirowndominatethemorallandscape.Inaddition,Aristotelianthemesfilloutthatlandscape,withsuchissuesastheimportanceoffriendshipandemotionsinagoodlife,theroleofmoralperceptioninwisechoice,thenatureofhappinessanditsconstitution,moraleducationandhabituation,findingastablehomeincontemporarymoraldebate.Theessaysinthisvolumerepresentthebestofthatdebate.Takentogether,theyprovideacloseanalysisofcentralargumentsinAristotle'sNicomacheanEthics.Buttheydomorethanthat.EachshowstheenduringinterestofthequestionsAristotlehimselfsubtlyandcomplexlyraisesinthecontextofhisowncontemporarydiscussions.