{"product_id":"the-function-argument-in-aristotle-s-ethics-9781350511750","title":"The Function Argument in Aristotle's Ethics: Happiness and the Human Good","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u0026lt;p\u0026gt;\u0026lt;b\u0026gt;Jakub Jirsa provides the first book-length study of the “function argument”, outlining its central importance for Aristotle’s ethics and his understanding of happiness and living well. \u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt; \u0026lt;i\u0026gt;The Function Argument in Aristotle’s Ethics \u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt;gives a systematic account of the development of the function argument from Plato’s \u0026lt;i\u0026gt;Republic\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt; to the \u0026lt;i\u0026gt;Nicomachean Ethics\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt;, with an explication of the interdependence between different versions of the argument which appear in Aristotle''s ethical writings. In careful close readings of Aristotle’s \u0026lt;i\u0026gt;Proptrepticus\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt;, the \u0026lt;i\u0026gt;Eudemian Ethics\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt; and the \u0026lt;i\u0026gt;Nicomachean Ethics\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt;, Jirsa makes the case that the function (\u0026lt;i\u0026gt;ergon\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt;) argument – that the function of human beings is virtuous activity of the rational part of the soul – serves as a transition from formal to substantial ethical debate and helps to differentiate between happiness and the happy life. The book then evaluates Aristotle’s function argument against contemporary critiques.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt; With English translations of sections of the \u0026lt;i\u0026gt;Proptrepticus \u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt;based on the recent reconstruction from ancient sources and fragments, this volume offers a novel context for understanding a key element of Aristotle’s ethical works, and is an ideal reference for those studying Aristotelian ethics, virtue ethics and the history of philosophy.\u0026lt;\/p\u0026gt;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9781350511750\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jakub Jirsa","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":50078110843130,"sku":"9781350511750","price":90.27,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/files\/9781350511750.jpg?v=1786814567","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/the-function-argument-in-aristotle-s-ethics-9781350511750","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}