Ethics With Aristotle

by Sarah Broadie

This is a close and comprehensive study of the main themes of Aristotle's ethics. Sarah Broadie concentrates on what he has to teach about happiness, virtue, voluntary agency, practical reason, incontinence, pleasure, and the place of theoria in the best life. Never forgetting that ethics for Aristotle is above all a practical enterprise, she sheds new light on ways in which this practical orientation affects both content and method of his inquiry. The book culminates in a sustained argument showing how even Aristotle's ideal of theoretic contemplation in integral to his essentially practical vision of human nature. Ethics with Aristotle is a major contribution toward the further understanding of Aristotle's ethics.

Genres: Philosophy

480 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1991

Reviews

[Henry Phillips · Rating 4 out of 5]

Getting through this book was a hard slog. It is closer to a commentary than a thematic study. However, I have learnt so much from it -- not just about Aristotle's views but about how we should approach classical philosophers from our own viewpoint.

[Apatheia · Rating 4 out of 5]

I had no idea what I was getting myself into when I started this book. Extremely dense and dry but very illuminating. It felt akin to mud wrestling, perhaps the way it is written does not make for the most enjoyable experience. Yet one is happy to have slogged through.