LEADER 03632nam 22006611c 450 001 9910456769103321 005 20200115203623.0 010 $a1-4725-9788-5 010 $a1-282-59060-X 010 $a9786612590603 010 $a1-4411-0336-8 024 7 $a10.5040/9781472597885 035 $a(CKB)2520000000008172 035 $a(EBL)495355 035 $a(OCoLC)593353530 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000334846 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12114857 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000334846 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10270635 035 $a(PQKB)11586146 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC495355 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL495355 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10372199 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL259060 035 $a(OCoLC)893334863 035 $a(UtOrBLW)bpp09258025 035 $a(EXLCZ)992520000000008172 100 $a20150227d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aAristotle's Ethics $emoral development and human nature $fHope May 210 1$aLondon $aNew York $cContinuum $d2010. 215 $a1 online resource (204 p.) 225 1 $aContinuum studies in ancient philosophy 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4411-1930-2 311 $a0-8264-9110-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes 327 $a -- Preface and Acknowledgements \ Abbreviations and Notes on Translations \ 1. The Intellectualism Debate \ 2. A Developmentalist Interpretation of the Function Argument \ 3. Ethical Virtue as a Developmental Prerequisite for Contemplative Excellence \ 4. Aristotle's Developmentalist Approach Modernized: Flourishing as Self-Concordance \ 5. The Developmental Preconditions of Self-Concordance \ 6. The Ecological Preconditions of Self-Concordance \ Conclusion \ Wendy Kopp: An Illustration of Self-Concordance \ Notes \ Bibliography \ Index of Names \ Index of Subjects. -- 330 8 $a Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics is devoted to the topic of human happiness.  Yet, although Aristotle's conception of happiness is central to his whole philosophical project, there is much controversy surrounding it. Hope May offers a new interpretation of Aristotle's account of happiness - one which incorporates Aristotle's views about the biological development of human beings.  May argues that the relationship amongst the moral virtues, the intellectual virtues, and happiness, is best understood through the lens of developmentalism.  On this view, happiness emerges from the cultivation of a number of virtues that are developmentally related.  May goes on to show how contemporary scholarship in psychology, ethical theory and legal philosophy signals a return to Aristotelian ethics.  Specifically, May shows how a theory of motivation known as Self-Determination Theory and recent research on goal attainment have deep affinities to Aristotle's ethical theory.  May argues that this recent work can ground a contemporary virtue theory that acknowledges the centrality of autonomy in a way that captures the fundamental tenets of Aristotle's ethics. 410 0$aContinuum studies in ancient philosophy. 606 $aMoral development 606 $2Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500 606 $aHappiness 615 0$aMoral development. 615 0$aHappiness. 676 $a171/.3 700 $aMay$b Hope$0950357 801 0$bUtOrBLW 801 1$bUtOrBLW 801 2$bUkLoBP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910456769103321 996 $aAristotle's Ethics$92148723 997 $aUNINA