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Aristotle’s Ethics and Medieval Philosophy: Moral Goodness and Practical Wisdom

By Anthony Celano

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2015
ISBN
1107134854, 9781107134850
Google Books ID
6HHjCgAAQBAJ
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
7 MB (7395207 bytes)
Pages
274\276
Orientation
portrait
Scanned
yes
Time added
2016-10-03 10:00:50
Ethics & Morality;Philosophy;Politics & Social Sci

Description

Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics had a profound influence on generations of later philosophers, not only in the ancient era but also in the medieval period and beyond. In this book, Anthony Celano explores how medieval authors recast Aristotle's Ethics according to their own moral ideals. He argues that the moral standard for the Ethics is a human one, which is based upon the ethical tradition and the best practices of a given society. In the Middle Ages, this human standard was replaced by one that is universally applicable, since its foundation is eternal immutable divine law. Celano resolves the conflicting accounts of happiness in Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, demonstrates the importance of the virtue of phronesis (practical wisdom), and shows how the medieval view of moral reasoning alters Aristotle's concept of moral wisdom.

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