{"product_id":"goodness-and-justice-9780631228868","title":"Goodness and Justice","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e* Discusses three major theories of good: perfectionist formal or functional good, hedonic good, and good as desire satisfaction.  * Draws comparisons between Platoa s and Aristotlea s theories of good and justice and the theories of the moderns.  * Devotes considerable attention to hedonic theories of the good.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Santas's book is a major contribution to the study of ancient Greek ethics. His discussion of the theoretical structure of Platonic and Aristotelian ethics and the comparisons he draws between the ethical views of the ancient Greek philosophers and those of the moderns, especially of John Rawls, have no equal in the existing literature. This is essential reading for anyone interested in Greek ethics or ethical theory in general.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGeorgios Anagnostopoulos, University of California at San Diego\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"One of the very greatest Socrates scholars of the twentieth century – here in finer form than ever – now brings us the fruits of decades of reading and teaching the ethics and social philosophy of Plato and Aristotle viewed in the light of John Rawls's theory of justice. The two chapters on Justice in the \u003ci\u003eRepublic\u003c\/i\u003e are not only refreshing but also as illuminating as anything ever written on that topic. For everyone, from the greatest scholar to the beginning student, this book is a lesson both in how to do philosophy and how to read texts.\" \u003ci\u003eTerry Penner, University of Wisconsin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This wonderful book on the fundamental concept of goodness is the harvest of a lifetime's reflection on ancient and modern ethics. Its bounty includes the isolation of two theories of good in Plato's \u003ci\u003eRepublic\u003c\/i\u003e – a functional theory and a metaphysical theory – an account of the Form of the Good that rescues the pinnacle of Plato's philosophy from the charge of vacuity, and a discussion of Aristotle's rejection of the metaphysical theory and his embrace of the functional. It is a virtual commentary on both the \u003ci\u003eRepublic\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eNicomachean Ethics.\u003c\/i\u003e Truly a masterwork.\" \u003ci\u003eDavid Keyt, University of Washington\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This is the most insightful overarching analysis of the good in Plato and Aristotle of recent decades. Santas offers a comprehensive framework for the classification, and detailed discussion, of Plato's and Aristotle's theories of good, with valuable comparisons to positions in the history of philosophy and contemporary debates. A very wise investment for moral and ancient philosophers.\" \u003ci\u003eTheodore Scaltsas, University of Edinburgh\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Acute, close analysis characterizes Santas's book throughout...beautifully clear, a joy to read.\" \u003ci\u003eMF Burnyeat, TLS, 14th June 2002\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"... This book offers a capacious, clear and careful exploration of the centrality of concepts of the good to these two ancient philosophers (Plato, Aristotle), showing how ethics and politics drive epistemology and metaphysics and ... comparing the resulting structures with those of John Rawls and other modern theorists. The result is an impressive achievement...\" \u003ci\u003ePolis, Vol. 20, 2003\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface. \u003cp\u003ePart I: Introduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 The Role of the Good in the Ancients and the Moderns.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Science and Ultimate Good.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Disputes and Questions about Good.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 The Aims and Limits of this Study.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart II: The Socratic Good of Knowledge.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 All Goods and their Socratic Rankings.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 The Dispute with Gorgias: Is Rhetoric the Greatest Good?.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 The Dispute with Polus about Power, Desire, and Good.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 The Dispute with Polus about Justice and Happiness.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 The Dispute with Callicles about Good and Pleasure.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Conditional and Unconditional Goods.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Socrates and Kant: Wisdom or the Good Will?.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 The Conditional Value of all Goods on Virtue in the Meno.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Socrates and G.E. Moore on the Value of Knowledge.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Goods, Wisdom, and Happiness.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart III: The Good of Platonic Social Justice.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 The Great Questions of the Republic.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 The Functional Perfectionist Theory of Good.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 The Application of the Functional Theory of Good to the City.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 The Definitions of the Social Virtues.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 The Role and Scope of Platonic Social Justice.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 The Good of Platonic Social Justice.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 The Application of Platonic Social Justice to Gender.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Conclusion.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart IV: The Good of Justice in Our Souls.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 The Isomorphism between Social and Psychic Justice.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Plato's Pioneering Analysis of the Psyche.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Psychic Justice and the Good of It.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Plato and Hume on Reason or Passion as the Rule of Life.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 The Defence of Psychic Justice as Analogous to Health.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 The Criticism of the Democratic Individual.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Which is Prior, Social or Psychic Justice?.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 The Structure of Plato's Ethical Theory.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart V: Plato's Metaphysical Theory of the Form of the Good.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Opinion, Knowledge, and Platonic Forms.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 The Imperfections of the Sensible World.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Forms as the Best Objects of their Kind to Know.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Forms as the Best Objects of their Kind and the Form of the Good as their Essence.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Function, Form, and Goodness.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart VI: Aristotle's Criticism of Plato's Form of the Good: The Breakup of Goodness.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Aristotle's Arguments from Priority.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Breaking up Goodness: Aristotle's Argument from Homonymy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Aristotle's Argument from Final and Instrumental Goods.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 The Attack on the Ideality of the Form of the Platonic Good.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 The Attack on the Practicability and Usefulness of Plato's Good.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Putting the Fragments of Goodness Back Together: Focal Meaning.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart VII: The Good of Desire, the Good of Function, and the Good of Pleasure.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 The Concept of the Good.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Different Orectic Conceptions of the Good.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Aristotle's Functional Perfectionist Theory of Good.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Objections to Aristotle's Functional Theory of Good.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Orectic, Hedonic, and Perfectionist Good.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart VIII: The Good of Character and the Good of Justice.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Is Aristotle's Ethical Theory Circular?.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Did Aristotle have a Virtue Ethics?.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Aristotle's General Analysis of Virtue and Functional Good.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Can Moral Virtue be Explicated by Functioning Well?.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 States of Character and Practical Wisdom.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Aristotle's Analysis of Justice: Not a Virtue Ethics.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Paucity of Practical Content: Justice and the other Virtues.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Summary and Conclusion.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403448328535,"sku":"9780631228868","price":38.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780631228868.jpg?v=1730483503","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/goodness-and-justice-9780631228868","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}