Socratic Virtue : Making the Best of the Neither-Good-Nor-Bad
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Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
0521846188
ISBN-13
9780521846189
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Aug 3rd, 2006
Print length
220 Pages
Weight
502 grams
Dimensions
22.90 x 15.20 x 1.60 cms
Product Classification:
Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy
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An account of how Socrates integrates notions of desire, virtue, and happiness to give an ethical and psychological theory. It makes an important contribution to the study of the Platonic dialogues and will also interest all scholars of ethics and moral psychology.
Socrates was not a moral philosopher. Instead he was a theorist who showed how human desire and human knowledge complement one another in the pursuit of human happiness. His theory allowed him to demonstrate that actions and objects have no value other than that which they derive from their employment by individuals who, inevitably, desire their own happiness and have the knowledge to use actions and objects as a means for its attainment. The result is a naturalised, practical, and demystified account of good and bad, and right and wrong. Professor Reshotko presents a freshly envisioned Socratic theory residing at the intersection of the philosophy of mind and ethics. It makes an important contribution to the study of the Platonic dialogues and will also interest all scholars of ethics and moral psychology.
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