Aristotle’s Method in Ethics Philosophy in Practice
Aristotle’s Method in Ethics Philosophy in Practice by Joseph Karbowski, published by Cambridge University Press on February 11, 2021, explores Aristotle’s ethical methodology within the context of his broader philosophical framework. This 287-page book examines how Aristotle seeks the foundational principles of a demonstrative ethical science, focusing on human goodness through a method adapted from his Posterior Analytics.
Readers will find a detailed analysis that challenges traditional interpretations of Aristotle’s work. The first part presents a novel view of Aristotle’s philosophy, emphasizing its goal of achieving scientific knowledge and its adaptable approach to inquiry. The second part illustrates how this scientific and flexible methodology is applied in Aristotle’s ethical writings, revealing the compatibility between the pursuit of scientific knowledge and the practical aspects of ethics, including the concept of phronēsis or practical wisdom.
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This book examines Aristotle’s method in ethics from the vantage point of his broader conception of philosophy. Joseph Karbowski challenges longstanding dialectical orthodoxy and argues instead that, in his ethical treatises, Aristotle is seeking the first principles of a demonstrative ethical science, a science of human goodness, using an ethically adapted version of the method described in the second book of his Posterior Analytics. Part I of this volume develops a novel interpretation of Aristotle’s conception of philosophy, which highlights its ambition to scientific knowledge (epistēmē) and its flexible approach to philosophical inquiry. Part II then demonstrates Aristotle’s scientific and flexible approach to philosophy at work in his ethical treatises. The book shows how the aspiration to scientific knowledge is compatible with Aristotle’s remarks about ethical precision, the practical aim of ethics, and the particular orientedness of phronēsis (practical wisdom).
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