Morality of Happiness

Name: Morality of Happiness
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ISBN: 9780195096521

ISBN-10: 0195096525

ISBN-13: 9780195096521

Edition: N/A

Authors: Julia Annas

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Ancient ethical theories, based on the notions of virtue and happiness, have struck many as an attractive alternative to modern theories. But we cannot find out whether this is true until we understand ancient ethics--and to do this we need to examine the basic structure of ancient ethical theory, not just the details of one or two theories. In this book, Annas brings together the results of a wide-ranging study of ancient ethical philosophy and presents it in a way that is easily accessible to anyone with an interest in ancient or modern ethics. She examines the fundamental notions of happiness and virtue, the role of nature in ethical justification and the relation between concern for…

Book details

Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 4/13/1995
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 512
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.826
Language: English



Preface and Acknowledgments


Introduction



The Basic Ideas



Making Sense of My Life as a Whole



The Virtues



Justification and the Appeal to Nature



Nature and Naturalism



Aristole: Nature and Mere Nature



The Stoics: Human Nature and the Point of View of the Universe



Antiochus: the Intuitive View



The Epicureans: Rethinking What is Natural



The Sceptics: Accepting What is Natural



Uses of Nature



The Good Life and the Good Lives of Others



The Good of Others



Finding Room for Other-Concern



Self-Concern and the Sources and Limits of Other-Concern



Justice



Self-Interest and Morality



Revising Your Priorities



Happiness, Success and What Matters



Epicurus: Virtue, Pleasure and Time



The Sceptics: Untroubledness Without Belief



Aristotle: an Unstable View



Theophrastus and the Stoics: Forcing the Issue



Aristotelian Responses



Happiness and the Demands of Virtue



Conclusion



Morality, Ancient and Modern


Cast of Characters


Primary Sources


Secondary Sources


Index Locorum


General Index