Project description
Uncovering character virtue in the Eudemian Ethics
Historically, Aristotle’s ethical thought has been examined in the Nicomachean Ethics (NE), but the Eudemian Ethics (EE) is now being explored as an equally valid source. Although the two texts have a shared set of three ‘common books’, the history of the common books and their inclusion in these texts is increasingly being forgotten across academic settings. Supported by the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions programme the Virtue and Practical Wisdom (VandPW) project studies Aristotle’s discussions of character virtue in the Eudemian Ethics and the common books, emphasising the fundamental importance of practical wisdom for virtue and highlighting key differences. Overall, this research aims to advance understanding of Aristotle’s ethical theory.
Objective
Traditionally scholars have considered the Nicomachean Ethics (NE) as the unique vehicle for Aristotle’s ethical views. Over the last decades, however, his lesser-known Eudemian Ethics (EE) has increasingly become widely read and treated as equally authoritative. The relationship between these two treatises is complicated by the fact that they share three books in common: books V, VI, and VII of the NE have been handed down to us also as books IV, V, and VI of the EE; scholars disagree about their origin and where they should be read. In Virtue and Practical Wisdom (VandPW) I set out to give a comprehensive account of Aristotle's account of character virtue in the EE together with two of the so-called common books. Character virtue is accounted for in general terms in EE II. This general account is then applied to the individual virtues of character (courage, temperance, mildness, etc.) in EE III and then to justice in EE IV (=NE V). Finally, in EE V (=NE VI) Aristotle argues that character virtue requires what he calls practical wisdom. Thus a comprehensive account of character virtue in the EE requires us to connect EE II and III to two of the so-called common books, viz. EE IV (=NE V) and EE V (=NE VI). VandPW aims at examining this whole line of investigation. This endeavour will bring out several specificities of the EE vis-à-vis the NE as well as of the common books.
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HORIZON.1.2 - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)
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30123 Venezia
Italy
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