This is a study of Aristotle's moral philosophy as it is contained in the Nicomachean Ethics. The book examines the difficulties of the text; presents a map of inescapable philosophical questions; and brings out the ambiguities and critical disagreements on some central topics, including happiness, the soul, the ethical mean, and the initiation of action.
Keywords: Aristotle, moral philosophy, Nicomachean Ethics, philosophical questions, happiness, soul, ethical man, initiation of action
| Print publication date: 1980 | Print ISBN-13: 9780198246329 |
| Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: October 2011 | DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198246329.001.0001 |