Bridging the Gap between Aristotle's Science and Ethics [Hardcover]

Explores the extent to which Aristotle's ethical treatises employ the concepts, methods, and practices developed in his 'scientific' works.This book is intended for scholars interested in the history of ethics. It consolidates emerging research on Aristotle's science and ethics in order to explore the extent to which he uses the concepts, methods, and practices developed for scientific inquiry and explanation to investigate moral phenomena.This book is intended for scholars interested in the history of ethics. It consolidates emerging research on Aristotle's science and ethics in order to explore the extent to which he uses the concepts, methods, and practices developed for scientific inquiry and explanation to investigate moral phenomena.This book consolidates emerging research on Aristotle's science and ethics in order to explore the extent to which the concepts, methods, and practices he developed for scientific inquiry and explanation are used to investigate moral phenomena. Each chapter shows, in a different way, that Aristotle's ethics is much more like a science than it is typically represented. The upshot of this is twofold. First, uncovering the links between Aristotle's science and ethics promises to open up new and innovative directions for research into his moral philosophy. Second, showing why Aristotle thinks ethics can never be fully assimilated to the model of science will help shed new light on his views about the limits of science. The volume thus promises to make a significant contribution to our understanding of the epistemological, metaphysical, and psychological foundations of Aristotle's ethics.Part I. Ethical First Principles: 1. Aristotle on principles in ethics: political science as the science of the human good Karen Margrethe Nielsen; 2. Practical and theoretical knowledge in Aristotle James V. Allen; 3. Aristotle on practical and theoretical knowledge David Charles; 4. Virtue and reason in Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics Mary Louise Gill;l�