LEADER 03896nam 22007691c 450 001 9910961015303321 005 20200115203623.0 010 $a9786612590603 010 $a9781472597885 010 $a1472597885 010 $a9781282590601 010 $a128259060X 010 $a9781441103369 010 $a1441103368 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(Au-PeEL)EBL495355 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10372199 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL259060 035 $a(OCoLC)893334863 035 $a(UtOrBLW)bpp09258025 035 $a(PPN)258140437 035 $a(UtOrBLW)BP9781472597885BC 035 $a(Perlego)805245 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC495355 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 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aLondon $aNew York $cContinuum $d2010. 215 $a1 online resource (204 p.) 225 1 $aContinuum studies in ancient philosophy 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a9781441119308 311 08$a1441119302 311 08$a9780826491107 311 08$a0826491103 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$01865785 801 0$bUtOrBLW 801 1$bUtOrBLW 801 2$bUkLoBP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910961015303321 996 $aAristotle's Ethics$94472982 997 $aUNINA