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Record Nr.

UNINA9910790238603321

Autore

Echeñique Javier <1980->

Titolo

Aristotle's Ethics and Moral Responsibility / / Javier Echeñique [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2012

ISBN

1-139-41168-3

1-107-23159-0

1-280-68309-0

9786613660039

1-139-42307-X

1-139-42005-4

1-139-10942-1

1-139-42210-3

1-139-41801-7

1-139-42414-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (viii, 209 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Classificazione

PHI002000

Disciplina

171/.3

Soggetti

Ethics, Ancient

Responsibility

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- 1. Against the Strawsonian interpretation -- 2. Aristotle on ethical ascription -- :3. The definitions of violence -- 4. Coercion as justification and excuse I: the Ethica Eudemia -- 5. Coercion as justification and excuse II: the Ethica Nicomachea -- 6. Factual error and the source of blame -- 7. The pain condition -- Conlcusion.

Sommario/riassunto

Aristotle's Ethics develops a complex theory of the qualities which make for a good human being and for several decades there has been intense discussion about whether Aristotle's theory of voluntariness, outlined in the Ethics, actually delineates what modern thinkers would recognize as a theory of moral responsibility. Javier Echeñique presents a novel account of Aristotle's discussion of voluntariness in the Ethics, arguing - against the interpretation by Arthur Adkins and that inspired



by Peter Strawson - that he developed an original and compelling theory of moral responsibility and that this theory has contributed in important ways to our understanding of coercion, ignorance and violence. His study will be valuable for a wide range of readers interested in Aristotle and in ancient ethics more broadly.