Plato's Moral Realism

ISBN-13: 9781009329989 / Angielski / Twarda / 2023

Lloyd P. Gerson

Opis

This book attempts to situate Plato's ethics within his profoundly revisionist metaphysics. It aims to show why Plato makes the keystone of his metaphysical system a normative principle, the Idea of the Good. In doing this, we can see how Plato's metaphysics helps explain his politics and his theological doctrines.

Spis treści

1. Introduction: Platonism and moral realism; 2. The idea of the good; 3. Virtue, knowledge and the good; 4. Socratic vs. platonic ethics; 5. Moral responsibility; 6. Philebus and Statesman; 7. Morality, religion, and politics; 8. Concluding remarks.