Aristotle on the Human Good
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Aristotle on the Human Good

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Aristotle on the Human Good

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Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, which equates the ultimate end of human life with happiness (eudaimonia), is thought by many readers to argue that this highest goal consists in the largest possible aggregate of intrinsic goods. Richard Kraut proposes instead that Aristotle identifies happiness with only one type of good: excellent activity of the rational soul. In defense of this reading, Kraut discusses Aristotle's attempt to organize all human goods into a single structure, so that each subordinate end is desirable for the sake of some higher goal.
This book also emphasizes the philosopher's hierarchy of natural kinds, in which every type of creature achieves its good by imitating divine life. As Kraut argues, Aristotle's belief that thinking is the sole activity of the gods leads him to an intellectualist conception of the ethical virtues. Aristotle values these traits because, by subordinating emotion to reason, they enhance our ability to lead a life devoted to philosophy or politics.

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Publisher
Princeton University Press
Year
2021
ISBN
9780691225128
Topic
Philosophy
Subtopic
Ancient & Classical Philosophy

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Acknowledgments
  7. Abbreviations
  8. Introduction
  9. Chapter One: Two Lives
  10. Chapter Two: Self and Others
  11. Chapter Three: Philosophy and Other Goods
  12. Chapter Four: The Hierarchy of Ends
  13. Chapter Five: Inclusivism
  14. Chapter Six: Function, Virtue, and Mean
  15. Bibliography
  16. General Index
  17. Index of Passages