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| Acknowledgements | |
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| Note on the text | |
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| Aristotle's life and work | |
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| An outline of his life and times | |
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| His works and philosophical background | |
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| Style, structure and aim of the Ethics | |
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| The Nicomachaean Ethics | |
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| Aristotle's aim in writing the Ethics | |
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| Aristotle's Preface (1): Why do we do anything at all? | |
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| Aristotle's Preface (2): Realistic expectations | |
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| Aristotle's Preface (3): Suitable students | |
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| The fulfilled life | |
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| The meanings of eudaimonia and arete | |
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| Fulfilled lives? | |
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| A central problem: 'Dominant' or 'Inclusive'? | |
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| Two further agreed characteristics of eudaimonia | |
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| Background: Aristotle's views on the human soul | |
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| The Function Argument | |
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| Theoria and being a good citizen | |
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| Moral virtues and moral training | |
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| The definition of moral virtue | |
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| Moral training | |
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| Practical wisdom | |
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| Overview of the issues | |
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| Practical wisdom and theoretical ability | |
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| Is practical wisdom like other practical skills? | |
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| Practical wisdom: about means or about ends? | |
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| Practical wisdom and moral virtue | |
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| The unity of the virtues | |
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| Is Aristotle's account defensible? | |
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| Responsibility | |
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| 'Acting willingly': sorting out common opinions | |
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| Moral conclusions: the best index of character | |
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| Responsibility for one's character | |
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| Decisions and freedom | |
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| Additional note on 'wanting' | |
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| Moral failure | |
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| Why is moral failure problematic? | |
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| Aristotle's solution: one interpretation | |
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| A more detailed defence | |
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| Relationships with others | |
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| Aristotelian relationships | |
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| Is Aristotle an ethical egoist? | |
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| Flexibility, relationships and justice | |
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| Pleasure and the good life | |
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| The issues as they appeared to Aristotle | |
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| Aristotle's comments on the moral arguments | |
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| The argument from opposites | |
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| Aristotle's own view: arguments and problems | |
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| Are some pleasures not really pleasures? | |
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| Is the fulfilled life enjoyable? | |
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| Aristotle's moral world and ours | |
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| Culture: acceptance and criticism | |
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| Virtues and principles | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Index | |
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| Index of texts | |