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Introduction to Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics

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Authors:
  1. Pavlos Kontos

    1. Department of Philosophy, University of Patras, Rion, Patras, Greece

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  • Provides a balanced and accessible introduction to Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics
  • Defends Aristotle’s main tenets and present them in their most defensible form
  • Follows the thread of Aristotle’s argument and sheds light on topics that are usually ignored

Part of the book series: Palgrave Philosophy Today (PPT)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xx
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  2. Happiness Is What All Seek

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    Pages 1-21

  3. Virtues of Character: They Make “all the difference”

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    Pages 23-41

  4. Justice and the Just: Back and Forth

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    Pages 43-59

  5. The Three Usurpers to the Position of Practical Wisdom: Science, Theoretical Wisdom, Craft

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    Pages 61-73

  6. Practical Wisdom: At the Heart of Practical Truth

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    Pages 75-93

  7. Those Who Are Not Practically Wise: Baseness, Self-control, Lack of Self-control, and Beastliness

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    Pages 95-112

  8. Absolving Pleasure

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    Pages 113-129

  9. Friendship: A Privileged Space of Mutual Visibility

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    Pages 131-150

  10. First- and Second-Class Happiness

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    Pages 151-174

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 175-182
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About this book

This book provides a balanced and accessible introduction to Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics. It carefully and comprehensively follows the thread of Aristotle’s argument and sheds light on topics that all too often receive little attention or are entirely ignored in the existing textbooks (such as self-control, legislative science and the legislator, the life of the money-maker, craft-knowledge, comprehension, and beastliness).

Its objective is not only to offer an academically reliable presentation of Aristotle’s Ethics but to also defend Aristotle’s main tenets—or, at least, to present them in their most defensible form.

It places the Nicomachean Ethics within the study of ethics generally; students are invited to understand Aristotle’s claims in the light of, or in contrast to, other ethical theories or their own intuitions about ethical matters.

It follows the reader of the Nicomachean Ethicsin action, registering questions, expectations and progress within an insightful exegesis of Aristotle's philosophical argument.

It is replete with pedagogical tools including examples from our concrete everyday experience, paintings, films, and literature, end of chapter summaries, internet resources, suggestions for further reading, study questions, and essay questions.





Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Philosophy, University of Patras, Rion, Patras, Greece

    Pavlos Kontos

About the author

Pavlos Kontos is Professor of Philosophy at the Department of Philosophy, University of Patras, Greece. He has held Visiting Positions at several universities in Europe, China, and USA. He was a Humboldt Fellow, a Senior Visiting Scholar of the Onassis Foundation in USA, the W.J. Bouwsma Fellow at the National Humanities Center, and an International Visiting Fellow at Stanford University. He is the author of Aristotle on the Scope of Practical Reason (2021) and the editor of Evil in Aristotle (2018).

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Introduction to Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics

  • Authors: Pavlos Kontos

  • Series Title: Palgrave Philosophy Today

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-41985-0

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-41984-3Published: 10 December 2023

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-41985-0Published: 09 December 2023

  • Series ISSN: 2947-9339

  • Series E-ISSN: 2947-9347

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XX, 182

  • Number of Illustrations: 7 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: History of Philosophy, Ethics, Ethics

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