Pavlos Kontos
Aristotle on the Scope of Practical Reason: Spectators, Legislators, Hopes, and Evils
Aristotle on the Scope of Practical Reason: Spectators, Legislators, Hopes, and Evils
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Pavlos Kontos argues that Aristotle's practical philosophy is broader than just guiding action and motivation. He highlights five overlooked protagonists: spectators, legislators, hopes, prayers, and outsiders, offering new insights into radical evil, moral luck, hope, utopia, internalism and externalism, and the philosophy of law.
Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 204 pages
Publication date: 29 January 2024
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
This book presents a fresh perspective on Aristotle's practical philosophy, contending that practical reason extends beyond its role in guiding actions and motivating us. Pavlos Kontos argues that practical reason remains practical in the fullest sense of the term, even when it does not directly influence our present actions. To illustrate the significance of this broader scope, Kontos highlights five overlooked protagonists:
1. Spectators or judges who make non-motivational judgments about practical matters that do not intersect with their current deliberations and actions.
2. Legislators who employ practical reason to establish constitutions and laws.
3. Hopes as an active engagement with moral luck and its impact on our individual lives.
4. Prayers as a means for legislators to address the moral luck surrounding the birth of constitutions and the prospect of a utopia.
5. Individuals who are outsiders or marginal cases of the responsibility community due to their complete deprivation of practical reason.
Drawing from a diverse range of interpretations of Aristotle's practical philosophy, from ancient commentators to contemporary analytic and continental philosophers, Kontos offers insightful perspectives on Aristotle's contributions to ongoing debates about radical evil, moral luck, hope, utopia, internalism and externalism, and the philosophy of law. This book will be of interest to researchers and advanced students engaged in Aristotle's ethics, ancient philosophy, and the history of practical philosophy.
Weight: 453g
Dimension: 229 x 152 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780367760496
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