Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics

Book Overview

Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics is one of the most important ethical treatises ever written, and has had a profound influence on the subsequent development of ethics and moral psychology. This collection of essays, written by both senior and younger scholars in the field, presents a thorough and close examination of the work. The essays address a broad range of issues including the compositional integrity of the Ethics, the nature of desire, the value of emotions, happiness and the virtues. The result is a volume which will challenge and advance the scholarship on the Ethics, establishing new ways of viewing and appreciating the work for all scholars of Aristotle.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521514487
• ISBN13: 9780521514484
• Release Date: September 2011
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 302 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.0"