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10 Aristotle Ethics without morality?
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Johannes Hübner
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Acknowledgements V
- Contents VII
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Part I. Methods
- 1 Rudimentary remarks on comparing ancient Chinese and Greco-Roman ethics 3
- 2 Comparative ethics: Some methodological considerations 18
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Part II. Ethical theory
- 3 Two kinds of moral relativism 25
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Part III. China
- 4 Harmony as a contested metaphor and conceptions of rightness (yi) in early Confucian ethics 37
- 5 Why Mozi is included in the Daoist Canon Or, why there is more to Mohism than utilitarian ethics 63
- 6 Coming to terms with dé : The deconstruction of ‘virtue’ and an exercise in scientifi c morality 92
- 7 Virtue ethics in ancient China: Light shed and shadows cast 126
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Part IV. Greece and Rome
- 8 Parrhesy and irony Plato’s Socrates and the Epicurean tradition 155
- 9 The knowledge about human well-being in Plato’s Laches 170
- 10 Aristotle Ethics without morality? 191
- 11 Aristotle on friendship as the paradigmatic form of relationship 208
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Part V. Comparisons
- 12 The Greeks and Chinese on the emotions and the problem of crosscultural universals and cultural relativism 241
- 13 Complexity and simplicity in Aristotle and early Daoist thought 259
- 14 The ethics of prediction 278
- 15 Being and unity in the metaphysics and ethics of Aristotle and Liezi 304
- General index 323
- Index of names 334
- Index locorum – Chinese authors 336
- Index locorum – Greek and Roman authors 339
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Acknowledgements V
- Contents VII
-
Part I. Methods
- 1 Rudimentary remarks on comparing ancient Chinese and Greco-Roman ethics 3
- 2 Comparative ethics: Some methodological considerations 18
-
Part II. Ethical theory
- 3 Two kinds of moral relativism 25
-
Part III. China
- 4 Harmony as a contested metaphor and conceptions of rightness (yi) in early Confucian ethics 37
- 5 Why Mozi is included in the Daoist Canon Or, why there is more to Mohism than utilitarian ethics 63
- 6 Coming to terms with dé : The deconstruction of ‘virtue’ and an exercise in scientifi c morality 92
- 7 Virtue ethics in ancient China: Light shed and shadows cast 126
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Part IV. Greece and Rome
- 8 Parrhesy and irony Plato’s Socrates and the Epicurean tradition 155
- 9 The knowledge about human well-being in Plato’s Laches 170
- 10 Aristotle Ethics without morality? 191
- 11 Aristotle on friendship as the paradigmatic form of relationship 208
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Part V. Comparisons
- 12 The Greeks and Chinese on the emotions and the problem of crosscultural universals and cultural relativism 241
- 13 Complexity and simplicity in Aristotle and early Daoist thought 259
- 14 The ethics of prediction 278
- 15 Being and unity in the metaphysics and ethics of Aristotle and Liezi 304
- General index 323
- Index of names 334
- Index locorum – Chinese authors 336
- Index locorum – Greek and Roman authors 339