The __Eudemian Ethics__ on the Voluntary, Friendship, and Luck: The Sixth S.V. Keeling Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy

Reflecting the relatively recent high level of scholarly interest in Aristotle's (EE), each paper in this collection is concerned first and foremost to understand the arguments from the EE it examines in terms of that work alone. The papers, by David Charles, Christopher Rowe, M.M. McCabe, Jennifer Whiting, and Friedemann Buddensiek, focus variously on the topics of the voluntary, friendship and luck, only drawing on other texts in the service of illuminating the EE. The result is a volume containing novel, at times even conflicting, readings of questions central to understanding this important text and Aristotle's ethics in general. ..".each of the five essays targets an important but relatively circumscribed issue, and together they should convince anyone of the desirability of fresh and serious investigation of the Eudemian Ethics." The Eudemian Ethics on the Voluntary, Friendship, and Luck......Page 6 Contents......Page 8 Preface......Page 10 List of Contributors......Page 14 Brad Inwood and Fiona Leigh: Introduction......Page 16 References......Page 30 2. The NE III.1 Account of *Voluntary* Action: A Sketch......Page 32 3. The EE Account of the *Voluntary*: Differences in Judgement......Page 39 4. A Sketch of the EE Account of the *Voluntary*......Page 41 5. Gaps and Gains in EE Account......Page 46 6. The Significance of the Theoretical Differences between the NE and EE......Page 48 7. CE V.8: Some Moves beyond the EE Account?......Page 53 8. Is There an Intelligible Route from EE II to NE III.1–5 via CE V.8?......Page 55 References......Page 58 II. Christopher Rowe: Aristotle’s Eudemian Ethics on Loving People and Things......Page 60 References......Page 72 1. Reading Aristotle......Page 74 2. Three Texts about Self-Perception and the Friend......Page 76 2a. With Mirrors .........Page 77 2b. ... Or Without: NE IX.9......Page 80 2c. The Context of the ‘Other Self’: The Puzzles of EE VII.12......Page 84 3. The First Puzzle: Living Together......Page 87 4. Perception and the Friend......Page 90 5. Failing to Be God......Page 96 6. Self-Perception in the EE: What Mirrors?......Page 98 7. Team Spirit......Page 100 8. ‘Another Self, Another Heracles’......Page 103 References......Page 104 I. Introduction......Page 108 II. Important Platonic and Aristotelian Background......Page 114 III. Dogmatic Preview......Page 118 IV. The Eudemian Text as I Divide It: [1]–[3]......Page 126 V. Interlude: The Philebus Background and Methodological Remarks on the Relation between [3] and [4]......Page 139 VI. The Eudemian Text Continued: [4] in the Light of Metaphysics XII.7 and 9......Page 144 VII. The Eudemian Text Continued: [5]’s Reintroduction of the Friend......Page 155 VIII. The Eudemian Text Continued: Reading [6] in Context......Page 160 References......Page 183 V. Friedemann Buddensiek: Does Good Fortune Matter? Eudemian Ethics VIII.2 on Eutuchia......Page 186 1.1. How Nature Works: The Impulses......Page 191 1.2. What Makes the Impulses Special?—Awareness and Assessment......Page 193 1.3. Aristotle’s Own Explanation of the Special Impulses: The Divine in Us......Page 195 2.1. Good Fortune and Reasoning......Page 198 2.2. Good Fortune and Natural Excellence......Page 204 3. Does Good Fortune Matter for Eudaimonia?......Page 208 References......Page 214 Index of Passages Cited......Page 216 General Index......Page 224 Reflecting the relatively recent high level of scholarly interest in Aristotle's Eudemian Ethics (EE), each paper in this collection is concerned first and foremost to understand the arguments from the EE it examines in terms of that work alone. The papers, by David Charles, Christopher Rowe, M.M. McCabe, Jennifer Whiting, and Friedemann Buddensiek, focus variously on the topics of the voluntary, friendship and luck, only drawing on other texts in the service of illuminating the EE. The result is a volume containing novel, at times even conflicting, readings of questions central to understanding this important text and Aristotle's ethics in general.'...each of the five essays targets an important but relatively circumscribed issue, and together they should convince anyone of the desirability of fresh and serious investigation of the Eudemian Ethics.'Daniel P. Maher, Assumption College "Reflecting the relatively recent high level of scholarly interest in Aristotle's Eudemian Ethics (EE), each paper in this collection is concerned first and foremost to understand the arguments from the EE it examines in terms of that work alone. The papers, by David Charles, Christopher Rowe, M.M. McCabe, Jennifer Whiting, and Friedemann Buddensiek, focus variously on the topics of the voluntary, friendship and luck, only drawing on other texts in the service of illuminating the EE. The result is a volume containing novel, at times even conflicting, readings of questions central to understanding this important text and Aristotle's ethics in general."--Publisher's website The Papers In This Collection On Aristotle's Eudemian Ethics By Charles, Rowe, Mccabe, Whiting, And Buddensiek, Offer New Readings Of Aristotle On The Voluntary, Friendship, And Good Fortune In The Ee, By Treating The Ee On Its Own Terms. Edited By Fiona Leigh. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes.