Aristotle's Dialogue with Socrates：On the "Nicomachean Ethics"

Whatisthegoodlifeforahumanbeing?Aristotle'sexplorationofthisquestioninthe"NicomacheanEthics"hasestablisheditasafoundingworkofWesternphilosophy,thoughitsteachingshavelongpuzzledreadersandprovokedspiriteddiscussion.Adoptingaradicallynewpointofview,RonnaBurgerdecipherssomeofthemostperplexingconundrumsofthisinfluentialtreatisebyapproachingitasAristotle'sdialoguewiththePlatonicSocrates.TracingtheargumentoftheEthicsasitemergesthroughthatapproach,Burger'scarefulreadingshowshowAristotlerepresentsethicalvirtuefromtheperspectiveofthosedevotedtoitwhilestandingbacktoexamineitsassumptionsandimplications.