The Foundations of Socratic Ethics

by Alfonso Gomez-Lobo

Overview

Gomez-Lobo argues that behind the facade of Socratic irony lies a strictly deductive system of ethics suspended from two axioms—one governing practical rationality and the other specifying the ingredients of the good life. In the Gorgias, the author contends, Plato tries to found Socratic ethics on a metaphysical principle about goodness in general, from which the axiom concerning the good life can be derived.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780872201743
Publisher:	Hackett Publishing Company, Inc.
Publication date:	10/01/1994
Pages:	160
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

Editorial Reviews

Gomez-Lobo (philosophy, Georgetown U.) argues that behind the facade of Socratic irony lies a strictly deductive system of ethics suspended from twin axioms, one governing practical rationality and the other specifying the ingredients of the good life. But Plato, he says, tried to found Socrates' ethics on a metaphysical principle. No subject index. First published as La Etica de Socrates (1989) by Fondo de Cultura, Mexico. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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. . . very well written, very well organized, very economical, very clear and to the point. . . . a very solid, honest, well-thought-out and carried-out job. --Michael Frede, Oxford University

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