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The Ethics of Aristotle
- Narrated by: Father Joseph Koterski S.J.
- Length: 6 hrs and 9 mins
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Publisher's Summary
In this 12-lecture meditation on Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, you'll uncover the clarity and ethical wisdom of one of humanity's greatest minds. Father Koterski shows how and why this great philosopher can help you deepen and improve your own thinking on questions of morality and leading the best life. The aim of these lectures is to provide you with a clear and thoughtful introduction to Aristotle as a moral philosopher. After absorbing some important background information designed to introduce you to Aristotle's career and general approach to the various fields of knowledge, you turn to the ten books (today we would call them chapters) of this brief but towering work. Throughout, you'll consider Aristotle's account of the four main virtues of courage, moderation, justice, and prudence; his claims that happiness (eudaimonia) is the real goal of life; his explanations of how and why people attain- or fall short of- ethical excellence; his differences with his teachers Plato and Socrates over the hard question of what knowing rightly has to do with acting rightly; where Aristotle's thought fits into the long history of ethical reflection; and much more.
Prepare for an illuminating, mind-broadening, and thought-provoking learning experience, and a chance to get up close and personal with one of Western philosophy's founding fathers.
PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section along with the audio.
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- Amazon Customer
- 2019-08-21
A very good synopsis.
The lectures a dozen 30mins overviews of the ten books of the ethics. However I feel that Father Joseph can find himself squandering the short 6 hours in this program talking about personal stories trying to make a teaching point. Even with that being said this is a good companion to those reading the Ethics for the first time. Just don't expect any scholarly information, it's a good introduction and it is setup to allow you to go though each book between the lectures.
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- 2018-08-10
Good overall, a little light
amazing presenter, good structure, philosophical analysis was a little light and used general language when it could have used more quotes
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