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1 The cambridge companion toARISTOTLE SNICOMACHEANETHICSA ristotle sNicomachean Ethicsis the first and arguably mostimportant treatise on ethics in Western philosophy. It remains tothis day a compelling reflection on the best sort of human lifeand continues to inspire contemporary thought and debate. ThisCambridge Companionincludes twenty essays by leading scholarsof ARISTOTLE and ancient philosophy that cover the major issues ofthis foundational text. The essays in this volume shed light onAristotle s rigorous and challenging thinking on questions such as:Can there be a practical science of ethics ? What is happiness? Canwe arrive at convincing accounts of virtues? Are we responsiblefor our character? How does moral virtue relate to good thinking?Can we act against our reasoned choice? What is friendship? Is thecontemplative life the highest kind of life?

2 RonaldPolanskyis Professor of Philosophy and Chair of theDepartment of Philosophy at Duquesne University. He has beeneditor of the journalAncient Philosophysince its beginning in1980. Polansky is the author ofAristotle sDe anima:A CriticalCommentary( cambridge University Press,2007) andPhilosophyand Knowledge: A Commentary on Plato sTheaetetus (1992),and co-editor ofBioethics: Ancient Themes in ContemporaryIssues(2002). in this web service cambridge University PressCambridge University Press978-0-521-19276-7 - The cambridge companion to ARISTOTLE s NICOMACHEAN EthicsEdited by Ronald PolanskyFrontmatterMore in this web service cambridge University PressCambridge University Press978-0-521-19276-7 - The cambridge companion to ARISTOTLE s NICOMACHEAN EthicsEdited by Ronald PolanskyFrontmatterMore informationcambridge companions to philosophyother recent volumes in this series of cambridgecompanionsANCIENT SCEPTICISME dited byrichard bettBOETHIUSE dited byjohn marenbonCARNAPE dited bymichael friedmanandrichard creathCONSTANTE dited byhelena rosenblattDARWIN.

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4 UsaCambridge University Press is part of the University of furthers the University s mission by disseminating knowledge in the pursuit ofeducation, learning, and research at the highest international levels of on this title: Ronald Polansky2014 This publication is in copyright. Subject to statutory exceptionand to the provisions of relevant collective licensing agreements,no reproduction of any part may take place without the writtenpermission of cambridge University published2014 Printed in the United States of AmericaA catalog record for this publication is available from the British of Congress Cataloging in Publication DataThe cambridge companion to ARISTOTLE s Nicomacheanethics / edited by Ronald Polansky,Duquesne University, cm. ( cambridge companions to philosophy)Includes bibliographical references and 978-0-521-19276-7(hardback : alk.)

5 Paper) isbn 978-0-521-12273-3(pbk.)1. ARISTOTLE NICOMACHEAN ethics . I. Polansky, Ronald M.,1948 editor of dc232014009858isbn 978-0-521-19276-7 Hardbackisbn 978-0-521-12273-3 PaperbackCambridge University Press has no responsibility for the persistence or accuracy ofurls for external or third-party Internet Web sites referred to in this publicationand does not guarantee that any content on such Web sites is, or will remain,accurate or in this web service cambridge University PressCambridge University Press978-0-521-19276-7 - The cambridge companion to ARISTOTLE s NICOMACHEAN EthicsEdited by Ronald PolanskyFrontmatterMore informationContentsList of Contributorspageix1 Introduction: ethics as Practical Science1ronald polansky2 Beginning and Ending withEudaimonia14c. d. c. reeve3 Happiness and the External Goods34t.

6 D. roche4 Why Is ARISTOTLE s Virtue of Character a Mean? TakingAristotle at His Word (NEii6)64lesley brown5 Choice and Moral Responsibility (NEiii1 5)81susanne bobzien6 Courage and Temperance110giles pearson7 The Social Virtues (NEiv)135helen cullyer8 Giving Justice Its Due151ronald polansky9 The Book on Wisdom180carlo natali10 Phronesis and the Virtues (NEvi12 13)203daniel c. russell11 Was ARISTOTLE a Humean? A Partisan Guide to the Debate221jessica moss12 ARISTOTLE s Analysis of Akratic Action242hendrik in this web service cambridge University PressCambridge University Press978-0-521-19276-7 - The cambridge companion to ARISTOTLE s NICOMACHEAN EthicsEdited by Ronald PolanskyFrontmatterMore information13 Philosophical Virtue: In Defense of the Grand End263kristen inglis14 TheNicomachean Ethicson Pleasure288verity harte15 Finding Oneself with Friends319patrick lee miller16 Competing Ways of Life and Ring Composition (NEx6 8)350thornton lockwood17 The Relationship between ARISTOTLE s Ethical and PoliticalDiscourses (NEx9)370rachana kamtekar18 Protreptic Aspects of ARISTOTLE sNicomachean Ethics383d.

7 S. hutchinson and monte ransome johnson19 TheEudemian Ethicsand Its Controversial Relationship totheNicomachean Ethics410lawrence jost20 Topical Bibliography to ARISTOTLE sNicomachean Ethics428compiled by thornton in this web service cambridge University PressCambridge University Press978-0-521-19276-7 - The cambridge companion to ARISTOTLE s NICOMACHEAN EthicsEdited by Ronald PolanskyFrontmatterMore informationContributorssusanne bobzienis Professor of Philosophy at the University of Oxfordand Senior Research Fellow at All Souls College, Oxford. Previously, shewas Professor of Philosophy at Yale. She is the author of several books,includingDeterminism and Freedom in Stoic Philosophy, and ofnumerous articles on ancient as well as contemporary philosophy. Herwork focuses on determinism, freedom, and moral responsibility( ARISTOTLE , Epicurus, Stoics, Kant); contemporary philosophy of logicand language; and the history of logic (from ARISTOTLE to Boethius).

8 Lesley brownis Fellow Emeritus in Philosophy at Somerville College,Oxford, and member of the Philosophy Faculty at the University ofOxford. She is responsible for the Introduction and Notes to the OxfordWorld s Classics translation of ARISTOTLE sNicomachean ethics (2009)and has published extensively on Plato cullyeris currently Associate Program Officer at the AndrewW. Mellon Foundation in New York and was formerly AssistantProfessor of Classics and director of the Classics, Philosophy, andAncient Science graduate program at the University of Pittsburgh. Herprimary research interests are in the ethical philosophies of Aristotleand the Stoics, and she has published articles and essays on Socraticand Stoic conceptions of courage, the virtues and vices associatedwith humor in ARISTOTLE , and Stoic interpretations of Homer.

9 She hasalso published critical assessments of Ayn Rand s interpretation ofAristotle harteis Professor of Philosophy and Classics at Yale is the author ofPlato on Parts and Wholes: The Metaphysicsof Structure(2002) and of various articles on ancient philosophy. She isco-editor (with M. M. McCabe, R. W. Sharples, and Anne Sheppard) ofAristotle and the Stoics Reading Plato(2010) and (with Melissa Lane) ofPoliteiain Greek and Roman Philosophy(2013). in this web service cambridge University PressCambridge University Press978-0-521-19276-7 - The cambridge companion to ARISTOTLE s NICOMACHEAN EthicsEdited by Ronald PolanskyFrontmatterMore hutchinsonis Professor of Philosophy and Fellow of TrinityCollege at the University of Toronto. He is the author ofThe Virtuesof ARISTOTLE (1986)andthechapteron ethics inThe CambridgeCompanion to ARISTOTLE ( ,1995).

10 He is the co-editor(with John Cooper) ofPlato: Complete Works(1997). His current researchis reconstructing ARISTOTLE s lost dialogueProtrepticus,withMonteRansome Johnson, on the basis of the results of their2005 Oxford Studiesin Ancient Philosophyarticle, Authenticating ARISTOTLE sProtrepticus. kristen inglisis an Assistant Professor in the Philosophy Departmentat the University of Pittsburgh. Her research focuses on ARISTOTLE s ethicsand moral ransome johnsonis an Associate Professor of Philosophy atthe University of California, San Diego, where he teaches courses onGreek and Roman philosophy and researches the influence of ancientthought on modern philosophy and science. He is the author ofAristotleon Teleology(2005) and essays on Democritus, Plato, ARISTOTLE , Epicurus,and Lucretius. He is currently working with D.