Aristotle's "Nicomachean ethics" / edited by Otfried Höffe ; translated by David Fernbach.

• TeilnehmendeR: Höffe, Otfried.
• Year of Publication: 2010
• Language: English
• Series: Brill eBook titles
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (275 p.)
• Notes: Originally published in German as: Aristoteles, Nikomachische Ethik. 2nd edition Berlin : Akademie Verlag, c2006.

Anyone interested in theories of moral or human practice will find in Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics one of the few basic models relevant through to today. At the centre of his analysis, both sober and cautious, are such concepts as happiness, virtue, choice, prudence, incontinence, pleasure and fri...

Table of Contents

• Preliminary Material / Otfried Höffe
• Introduction / Otfried Höffe
• Ethics As Practical Philosophy: Methodological Considerations (Book I.1-3 [1], 1094a22-1095a13) / Otfried Höffe
• Aristotle On Eudaimonia (Book I.1–5 [1–3] And 7–8 [5–6]) / John L. Ackrill
• The Critique Of Plato (Book I.6 [I.4]) / Hellmut Flashar
• The Sense Of Aristotle’s Doctrine Of The Mean (Book II) / Ursula Wolf
• Free Will, Choice, And Responsibility (Book III.1–5 [1–7]) / Christof Rapp
• Aristotle On Justice (Book V) / Günther Bien
• Phronêsis. Notes On A Concept Of Aristotle’s Ethics (Book VI, Chapters 5, 8–13) / Theodor Ebert
• Aristotle On Akrasia (Book VII.1–11) / Richard Robinson
• The Value And Nature Of Pleasure (Book VII.11–14 [12–15] And Book X.1–5) / Friedo Ricken
• Friendship (Books VIII And IX) / Anthony Price
• The Contemplative And The Political Forms Of Life (Book X.6–9) / Wolfgang Kullmann
• Prospect: Aristotle Or Kant? Against A Simple Alternative / Otfried Höffe
• Bibliography / Otfried Höffe
• Glossary / Otfried Höffe
• Name Index / Otfried Höffe
• Subject Index / Otfried Höffe.