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Reason and Emotion: Essays on Ancient Moral Psychology and Ethical Theory
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For the ancient philosophers, Cooper shows here, morality was "good character" and what that entailed: good judgment, sensitivity, openness, reflectiveness, and a secure and correct sense of who one was and how one stood in relation to others and the surrounding world. Ethical theory was about the best way to be rather than any principles for what to do in particular circumstances or in relation to recurrent temptations. Moral psychology was the study of the psychological conditions required for good characterthe sorts of desires, the attitudes to self and others, the states of mind and feeling, the kinds of knowledge and insight.
Together these papers illustrate brilliantly how, by studying the arguments of the Greek philosophers in their diverse theories about the best human life and its psychological underpinnings, we can expand our own moral understanding and imagination and enrich our own moral thought. The collection will be crucial reading for anyone interested in classical philosophy and what it can contribute to reflection on contemporary questions about ethics and human life.
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780691058757 |
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Publisher: | Princeton University Press |
Publication date: | 01/03/1999 |
Pages: | 605 |
Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d) |
About the Author
Table of Contents
Preface | ||
Acknowledgments | ||
Editorial Note | ||
Pt. I | Socrates and Plato | |
Ch. 1 | Notes on Xenophon's Socrates | 3 |
Ch. 2 | Socrates and Plato in Plato's Gorgias | 29 |
Ch. 3 | The Unity of Virtue | 76 |
Ch. 4 | Plato's Theory of Human Motivation | 118 |
Ch. 5 | The Psychology of Justice in Plato | 138 |
Ch. 6 | Plato's Theory of Human Good in the Philebus | 151 |
Ch. 7 | Plato's Statesman and Politics | 165 |
Appendix | Expertises Subordinate to Statesmanship | 190 |
Pt. II | Aristotle | |
Ch. 8 | The Magna Moralia and Aristotle's Moral Philosophy | 195 |
Ch. 9 | Contemplation and Happiness: A Reconsideration | 212 |
Ch. 10 | Some Remarks on Aristotle's Moral Psychology | 237 |
Appendix | 251 | |
Ch. 11 | Reason, Moral Virtue, and Moral Value | 253 |
Ch. 12 | Aristotle on the Authority of "Appearances" | 281 |
Ch. 13 | Aristotle on the Goods of Fortune | 292 |
Postscript | 309 | |
Ch. 14 | Aristotle on the Forms of Friendship | 312 |
Ch. 15 | Friendship and the Good in Aristotle | 336 |
Ch. 16 | Political Animals and Civic Friendship | 356 |
Ch. 17 | Justice and Rights in Aristotle's Politics | 378 |
Ch. 18 | Ethical-Political Theory in Aristotle's Rhetoric | 390 |
Ch. 19 | An Aristotelian Theory of the Emotions | 406 |
Pt. III | Hellenistic Philosophy | |
Ch. 20 | Eudaimonism, the Appeal to Nature, and "Moral Duty" in Stoicism | 427 |
Ch. 21 | Posidonius on Emotions | 449 |
Ch. 22 | Pleasure and Desire in Epicurus | 485 |
Ch. 23 | Greek Philosophers on Euthanasia and Suicide | 515 |
Bibliography of Works Cited | 543 | |
Index of Passages | 553 | |
General Index | 575 |
What People are Saying About This
This collection is the fruit of a lifetime's study of the great tradition of Greek moral philosophy.... [Cooper's] range is deeply impressive. So is the tenacity with which he wrestles a clear meaning from recalcitrant texts. So too is the philosophical rigour with which he sharpens up the issues and makes the reader face questions that modern philosophers have forgotten or neglected. This is philosophical scholarship at its best.
This volume brings together essays on Greek ethics and moral psychology by one of the most influential scholars in the field.[I]t will be fascinating and instructive for scholars and students alike to follow John Cooper in his explorations of some of the most important questions of ancient and modern ethics.
Gisela Striker, University of Cambridge
This collection is the fruit of a lifetime's study of the great tradition of Greek moral philosophy.... [Cooper's] range is deeply impressive. So is the tenacity with which he wrestles a clear meaning from recalcitrant texts. So too is the philosophical rigour with which he sharpens up the issues and makes the reader face questions that modern philosophers have forgotten or neglected. This is philosophical scholarship at its best.
"This collection is the fruit of a lifetime's study of the great tradition of Greek moral philosophy.... [Cooper's] range is deeply impressive. So is the tenacity with which he wrestles a clear meaning from recalcitrant texts. So too is the philosophical rigour with which he sharpens up the issues and makes the reader face questions that modern philosophers have forgotten or neglected. This is philosophical scholarship at its best."—M. F. Burnyeat, All Souls College, University of Oxford"This volume brings together essays on Greek ethics and moral psychology by one of the most influential scholars in the field.[I]t will be fascinating and instructive for scholars and students alike to follow John Cooper in his explorations of some of the most important questions of ancient and modern ethics."—Gisela Striker, University of Cambridge"John Cooper is one of the most distinguished scholars in the field of ancient moral philosophy and his articles are often considered classics. Cooper writes in a lucid style and has the gift of making problems accessible to nonspecialists."—Dorothea Frede, Universität Hamburg
This collection is the fruit of a lifetime's study of the great tradition of Greek moral philosophy.... [Cooper's] range is deeply impressive. So is the tenacity with which he wrestles a clear meaning from recalcitrant texts. So too is the philosophical rigour with which he sharpens up the issues and makes the reader face questions that modern philosophers have forgotten or neglected. This is philosophical scholarship at its best.
M. F. Burnyeat, All Souls College, University of Oxford
John Cooper is one of the most distinguished scholars in the field of ancient moral philosophy and his articles are often considered classics. Cooper writes in a lucid style and has the gift of making problems accessible to nonspecialists. . . .
Dorothea Frede, Universitat Hamburg