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This page intentionally left blank THE VIRTUOUS LIFE IN GREEK ETHICS Thereisnowarenewedconcernformoralpsychologyamongmoral philosophers. Moreover, contemporary philosophers interested in virtue,moralresponsibilityandmoralprogressregularlyrefertoPlato andAristotle,thetwofoundingfathersofancientethics.Thisbook contains eleven chapters by distinguished scholars which showcase currentresearchinGreekethics.FourdealwithPlato,focusingonthe Protagoras,Euthydemus,SymposiumandRepublic,anddiscussingmat- tersofliterarypresentationalongsidethephilosophicalcontent.The four chapters on Aristotle address problems such as the doctrine of themean,thestatusofrules,equityandthetensionbetweenaltruism andegoisminAristotelianeudaimonism.AcontrasttoclassicalGreek ethicsispresentedbytwochaptersreconstructingEpicurus’viewson the emotions and moral responsibility as well as on moral develop- ment. The final chapter on personal identity in Empedocles shows thattheconcernformoralprogressisalreadypalpableinPresocratic philosophy. Burkhard Reis is Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter in the project to provide a new German translation of and commentary on Aristotle’sNicomacheanEthics,whichisbeingrunbyDorotheaFrede and sponsored by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft. He is the author of Der Platoniker Albinos und sein sogenannter Prologos. Pro- legomena, U¨berlieferungsgeschichte, kritische Edition und U¨bersetzung (1999). THE VIRTUOUS LIFE IN GREEK ETHICS edited by BURKHARD REIS with the assistance of STELLA HAFFMANS Cambridge,NewYork,Melbourne,Madrid,CapeTown,Singapore,SãoPaulo Cambridge University Press TheEdinburghBuilding,Cambridge,UK PublishedintheUnitedStatesofAmericabyCambridgeUniversityPress,NewYork www.cambridge.org Information on this title: www.cambridg e.org /9780521859370 ©CambridgeUniversityPress2006 Thispublicationisincopyright.Subjecttostatutoryexceptionandtotheprovisionof relevantcollectivelicensingagreements,noreproductionofanypartmaytakeplace withoutthewrittenpermissionofCambridgeUniversityPress. Firstpublishedinprintformat 2006 - ---- eBook(EBL) - --- eBook(EBL) - ---- hardback - --- hardback CambridgeUniversityPresshasnoresponsibilityforthepersistenceoraccuracyofs forexternalorthird-partyinternetwebsitesreferredtointhispublication,anddoesnot guaranteethatanycontentonsuchwebsitesis,orwillremain,accurateorappropriate. Contents Listofcontributors pagevii Preface ix Introduction 1 1 DialecticandvirtueinPlato’sProtagoras 6 JamesAllen 2 EthicsandargumentinPlato’sSocrates 32 JuliaAnnas 3 ThespeechofAgathoninPlato’sSymposium 47 DavidSedley 4 Isdialecticasdialecticdoes?Thevirtueofphilosophical conversation 70 MaryMargaretMcCabe 5 WhatuseisAristotle’sdoctrineofthemean? 99 ChristofRapp 6 Aristotle’sethicsaspoliticalscience 127 GiselaStriker 7 Epieikeia:thecompetenceoftheperfectlyjustpersonin Aristotle 142 ChristophHorn 8 Aristotleonthebenefitsofvirtue(NicomacheanEthics10.7 and9.8) 167 JanSzaif 9 Epicurean‘passions’andthegoodlife 194 DavidKonstan v vi Contents 10 Moralresponsibilityandmoraldevelopmentin Epicurus’philosophy 206 SusanneBobzien 11 ‘Whodowethinkweare?’ 230 BradInwood Generalbibliography 244 ListofpublicationsbyDorotheaFrede 252 Indexlocorum 259 Indexnominumetrerum 270 Contributors james allen ProfessorofPhilosophy,UniversityofPittsburgh julia annas RegentsProfessorofPhilosophy,UniversityofArizona susanne bobzien ProfessorofPhilosophy,YaleUniversity christoph horn ProfessorofPhilosophy,UniversityofBonn brad inwood Professor of Classics and Philosophy, University of Toronto david konstan Professor of Classics, and Comparative Literature BrownUniversity,Providence mary margaret mccabe Professor of Ancient Philosophy, King’s CollegeLondon christof rapp ProfessorofPhilosophy,HumboldtUniversity,Berlin david sedley LaurenceProfessorofAncientPhilosophy,Universityof Cambridge gisela striker ProfessorofClassicalPhilosophy,HarvardUniversity jan szaif Privatdozentfu¨rPhilosophie,UniversityofBonn vii
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