Tag: Virtue Ethics

Aristotle’s Function Argument, Precisely Located

Aristotle’s “Function Argument” is not a separate essay. It is the modern name for a passage in Nicomachean Ethics I.7,…

Happiness Is a Public Practice: Rereading the Nicomachean Ethics

Estimated reading time: about 19 minutes A serious Nicomachean Ethics interpretation has to begin by discarding two reassuring reductions: that…

The Mean in Its Proper Place: Aristotle’s Doctrine in Book II

The “Doctrine of the Mean” is not a separate Aristotelian essay. The Doctrine of the Mean in Nicomachean Ethics is…

The Stoic Path: Four Books from First Principles to Daily Practice

Where to Start with Stoicism is less obvious than the familiar quotations suggest. Begin with a lucid modern orientation, then…

Six Best Books on MacIntyre Virtue Ethics

Illustration by Bookinlight Art Desk By Bookinlight This reading packet selects the best books on MacIntyre virtue ethics for readers…