Evil in Aristotle

ISBN-13: 9781316614150 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 285 str.

Pavlos Kontos

Opis

These essays provide the first full study of Aristotle's notion of evil, and shed light on its content, potential, and influence. They show that his theory is both attractive and elaborate, tracing its development in ancient and modern philosophy and reconstructing Aristotle's account of 'radical evil'.

Recenzje

'This is the first volume devoted to Aristotle's thoughts on evil or badness (to kakon). The work calls attention to several relatively neglected areas of scholarship, and the contributions give any reader grounds for thinking that Aristotle has thoughts about to kakon that are sophisticated and worthy of deep philosophical engagement.' Samuel Baker, Journal of the History of Philosophy

Spis treści

Introduction Pavlos Kontos; Part I. Kakon in Aristotle's Metaphysics and Biology: 1. Good and bad in Aristotle C. D. C. Reeve; 2. Badness as posteriority to capacity in metaphysics Theta 9 Jonathan Beere; 3. The good, the bad, and the ugly: natural teleology and its failures in Aristotle Stasinos Stavrianeas; Part II. Kakon in Aristotle's Practical Philosophy: 4. Radical evil in Aristotle's Ethics and Politics Pavlos Kontos; 5. Aristotelian demons Howard J. Curzer; 6. Aristotle on psychopathology Giles Pearson; 7. Aristotle on enduring evils while staying happy Marta Jimenez; 8. The political kakon: the lowest forms of constitutions Richard Kraut; Part III. The Presence of Aristotle in Post-Aristotelian Philosophy: 9. Plotinus against Aristotle on the problem of evil Paul Kalligas; 10. Being bad: Aristotelian resonances in Aquinas' conception of evil Kevin L. Flannery, S.J.; 11. Virtue and vice in Aristotle and Kant Stephen Engstrom; 12. Practical unintelligence and the vices Daniel C. Russell.