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Aiming at virtue in Plato /
This study of Plato's ethics focuses on the concept of virtue. Based on detailed readings of the most prominent Platonic dialogues on virtue, it argues that there is a central yet previously unnoticed conceptual distinction in Plato between the idea of virtue as the supreme aim of one's ac...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, UK :
Cambridge University Press,
2008.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This study of Plato's ethics focuses on the concept of virtue. Based on detailed readings of the most prominent Platonic dialogues on virtue, it argues that there is a central yet previously unnoticed conceptual distinction in Plato between the idea of virtue as the supreme aim of one's actions and the determination of which action-tokens or -types are virtuous. Appreciating the 'aiming/determining distinction' provides detailed and mutually consistent readings of the most well-known Platonic dialogues on virtue as well as original interpretations of central Platonic questions. Unlike most examinations of Plato's ethics, this study does not take as its centrepiece the 'eudaimonist framework', which focuses on the relationship between virtue and happiness. Instead, it argues that the dialogues themselves begin with the idea of the supremacy of virtue, examine how that claim can be defended, and address how to determine what constitutes the virtuous action. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (x, 311 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9780511454714 0511454716 9780511455742 0511455747 9780511482687 051148268X 9780511457708 0511456395 9780511456398 0511457707 1107196752 9781107196759 1281945021 9781281945020 9786611945022 6611945024 0521862965 9780521862967 9780521367943 0521367948 |