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For the ancient philosophers, Cooper shows here, morality was "good character" and what that entailed: good judgment, sensitivity, openness, reflectiveness, and a secure and correct sense of who one was and how one stood in relation to others and the surrounding world. Ethical theory was about the best way to be rather than any principles for what to do in particular circumstances or in relation to recurrent temptations. Moral psychology was the study of the psychological conditions required for good character--the sorts of desires, the attitudes to self and others, the states of mind and feeling, the kinds of knowledge and insight.
Together these papers illustrate brilliantly how, by studying the arguments of the Greek philosophers in their diverse theories about the best human life and its psychological underpinnings, we can expand our own moral understanding and imagination and enrich our own moral thought. The collection will be crucial reading for anyone interested in classical philosophy and what it can contribute to reflection on contemporary questions about ethics and human life.
- Encuadernación Tapa blanda
- Autor/es Cooper, John M.
- ISBN13 9780691058757
- ISBN10 069105875X
- Páginas 588
- Año de Edición 1998
Reason and emotions. Essays on ancient moral psychology and ethical theory
- Autor/a John M. Cooper
- Editorial PRINCETON
- ISBN 9780691058757
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