Making a Necessity of Virtue : Aristotle and Kant on Virtue

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Pub. Date: 1997-01-28
Publisher(s): Cambridge University Press
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Summary

This book is the first to offer a detailed analysis of Aristotelian and Kantian ethics together, in a way that remains faithful to the texts and responsive to debates in contemporary ethics. Recent moral philosophy has seen a revival of interest in the concept of virtue, and with it a reassessment of the role of virtue in the work of Aristotle and Kant. This book brings that re-assessment to a new level of sophistication. Nancy Sherman argues that Kant preserves a notion of virtue in his moral theory that bears recognisable traces of the Aristotelian and Stoic traditions, and that his complex anthropology of morals brings him into surprising alliance with Aristotle. She develops her argument through close readings of major texts by both Aristotle and Kant, illustrating points of congruence and contrast.

Table of Contents

Preface and Acknowledgments xi(3)
Abbreviations and Notes on Translations xiv
Chapter 1 A New Dialogue
1(23)
1 The Framing Questions
5(4)
2 Activity, Agency, and External Goods: Aristotle, the Stoics, and Kant
9(11)
3 A Brief Overview
20(4)
Chapter 2 The Emotional Structure of Aristotelian Virtue
24(75)
1 Opening a Dialogue on the Emotions
24(4)
2 The Alleged Problem with Emotions
28(11)
3 How Emotions Figure in Morality
39(13)
4 Aristotelian Emotions
52(23)
5 Emotions and Their Relation to Choice
75(8)
6 Cultivating Emotions
83(6)
7 Cultivating Emotions Through Music and Tragedy
89(4)
8 Virtue and Nonconflictual Emotions
93(6)
Chapter 3 A Brief Stoic Interlude
99(22)
1 Against Aristotelian Moderation
101(6)
2 Stoic Therapy
107(9)
3 Stoic Apathy and Kantian Antisentimentalism
116(5)
Chapter 4 The Passional Underpinnings of Kantian Virtue
121
1 Some Background
121

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