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...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Vasiliou, Iakovos, 1966-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, UK : Cambridge University Press, 2008.
Subjects:
Plato.
Virtue.
Ethics.
Virtues.
Vertus.
Morale.
ethics (philosophy)
PHILOSOPHY > Social.
PHILOSOPHY > Ethics & Moral Philosophy.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Socrates and the supremacy of virtue
  • Determining virtue in the here and now:
  • The supremacy of virtue in the Gorgias
  • Trying (and failing) to determine what virtue is
  • Socrates and Thrasymachus : Republic I
  • The benefits of injustice
  • Early education and non-philosophers in the republic
  • Aiming at virtue and determining what it is.

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