Individual and Conflict in Greek Ethics [Hardcover]

White opposes the long-standing view that ancient Greek ethics is fundamentally different from modern ethical views. He examines the ways in which Greek ethics has been interpreted since the 18th century, and traces the history in Greek ethical thought of the idea of conflict among human aims, in particular the conflict between conformity to ethical standards and one's own happiness.

1. The Idea of Hellenic Harmony
2. Deliberate Conflict: Some Recent Philosophical Concepts
3. Imperatives in Greek Ethics
4. The City-State in Greek Ethics
5. Individual Good and Deliberatice Conflict Through the Time of Plato
6. Individual Good and Deliberative Conflict in Aristotle
7. Conflict and Individual Good in Hellenistic Ethics
8. Towards an Understanding of the History of Greek Ethics
Bibliography, Index

[A] stimulating...wide-ranging, often challenging and always thoughtful study. --Times Literary Supplement

Nicholas White is Professor of Philosophy at the University of California at Irvine.