Revaluing Ethics: Aristotle's Dialectical Pedagogy

by Thomas W. Smith

Book Overview

Revaluing Ethics criticizes the notion that the Nicomachean Ethics is a moral textbook written for an indeterminate audience. Rather, Smith argues that the Ethics is a pedagogy and so must be read in light of the demands imposed by teaching and learning about politics in a tradition. Smith claims that the Ethics initially seeks common ground with ambitious, virile young citizens of ancient city-states who valorize honorable action and competition...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0791451410
• ISBN13: 9780791451410
• Release Date: November 2001
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Length: 339 Pages
• Weight: 1.27 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.7" x 11.2"