The Blackwell Guide to Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics illuminates Aristotle's ethics for both academics and students new to the work, with sixteen newly commissioned essays by distinguished international scholars. * The structure of the book mirrors the organization of the Nichomachean Ethics itself.

Notes on Contributors vii Acknowledgment ix Abbreviations x Introduction 1 Richard Kraut 1 Aristotle’s Ethical Treatises 12 Chris Bobonich 2 Human Good and Human Function 37 Gavin Lawrence 3 How to Justify Ethical Propositions: Aristotle’s Method 76 Richard Kraut 4 The Central Doctrine of the Mean 96 Rosalind Hursthouse 5 Aristotle on Moral Virtue and the Fine 116 Gabriel Richardson Lear 6 Aristotle on the Voluntary 137 Susan Sauvé Meyer 7 Aristotle on Greatness of Soul 158 Roger Crisp 8 Aristotle’s Justice 179 Charles M. Young 9 Aristotle on the Virtues of Thought 198 C. D. C. Reeve 10 The Practical Syllogism 218 Paula Gottlieb 11 Acrasia and Self-control 234 A. W. Price 12 Pleasure and Pain in Aristotle’s Ethics 255 Dorothea Frede 13 The Nicomachean Account of Philia 276 Jennifer Whiting 14 Aristotle’s Political Ethics 305 Malcolm Schofield 15 Aquinas, Natural Law, and Aristotelian Eudaimonism 323 T. H. Irwin 16 Aristotle and Contemporary Ethics 342 Sarah Broadie Index of Passages from Aristotle 362 General Index 377

The Blackwell Guide to Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics consists of sixteen newly commissioned essays on one of the most widely studied texts in the history of ethics. The volume is faithful to the organization of the Nicomachean Ethics itself, discussing the human good, the general nature of virtue, the distinctive characteristics of particular virtues, voluntariness, self-control, and pleasure. The Guide, with specially commissioned essays contributed by a distinguished international cast of scholars and an introduction by Richard Kraut, illuminates Aristotle’s ethics for both scholars and students new to the work.

“Searching for light on Aristotle’s ethics? Look no further than this fine collection of new essays on the major topics of the Nicomachean Ethics from leading scholars of five countries.” David Keyt, University of Washington “This is a stimulating and wide-ranging collection of lucid and rigorous essays by some of the world’s finest Aristotelian scholars. It offers fresh insights into Aristotle’s arguments, methodology, influence, and contemporary relevance and will appeal both to first-time readers and those returning to the work.” Angela Hobbs, University of Warwick “A welcome addition for anyone interested in Aristotle’s ethics. Its authors form an impressive list of scholars, and it covers a wide range of topics relevant to Aristotle's ethics. Worth owning.” Norman Dahl, University of Minnesota