
Fractured Goodness
Aristotle's Response to Plato's Form of the Good
Christopher Shields(Author)
Oxford University Press
Published on 4. July 2024
Book
Hardback
298 pages
978-0-19-891569-0 (ISBN)
Description
Aristotle offers a searing rejection of Plato's commitment to a Form of the Good; core among his complaints is that goodness is not univocal, that is, that there is no single essence-specifying account of goodness covering all the many varieties of goodness there are. Aristotle's anti-Platonic arguments have been variously received: many of his readers regard them as wholly successful while many others maintain they are abject failures. This volume reconstructs and assesses these arguments afresh and asks a simple question: if they are sound, what is left for Aristotle? In particular, what principles does he have to vouchsafe the commensurability of the good things he himself regards as commensurable?
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In this excellent book, which is both exhilarating to read and quite evidently written with heartfelt devotion to the intertwined thoughts of the greatest of the ancient philosophers. * Lloyd P. Gerson, Ancient Philosophy *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 28 mm
Weight
635 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-891569-0 (9780198915690)
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Person
Christopher Shields is Distinguished University Professor and Henry E. Allison Chair at the University of California San Diego. He was formerly Shuster Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame and Professor of Classical Philosophy at the University of Oxford.
Author
Distinguished University Professor and Henry E. Allison Chair, University of California San Diego
Content
Preface
1: A View of a View of the Good
2: Two Views of a View of a View of the Good
3: A Series of Goods
4: Goodness Across the Categories
5: The Diversity of Sciences
6: Goodness Itself
7: Intrinsic Goods Alone: A Platonic Riposte
8: Normative Considerations Reintroduced
9: Good, Bad, Better, Worse
10: Goodness qua Goodness: A Concluding Scientific Postscript?
Bibliography
1: A View of a View of the Good
2: Two Views of a View of a View of the Good
3: A Series of Goods
4: Goodness Across the Categories
5: The Diversity of Sciences
6: Goodness Itself
7: Intrinsic Goods Alone: A Platonic Riposte
8: Normative Considerations Reintroduced
9: Good, Bad, Better, Worse
10: Goodness qua Goodness: A Concluding Scientific Postscript?
Bibliography