Pursuing the good : ethics and metaphysics in Plato's Republic /: ethics and metaphysics in Plato's Republic. (2007)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Douglas Cairns, Fritz-Gregor Herrmann and Terry Penner.
• Other Names: Cairns, Douglas L; Herrmann, Fritz-Gregor; Penner, Terry, 1936-
• Contents: COVER; COPYRIGHT; Contents; Preface; Contributors and Editors; Introduction; 1. What is the Form of the Good the Form of? A Question about the Plot of the Republic; 2. Glaucon's Challenge, Rational Egoism and Ordinary Morality; 3. Thrasymachean Rulers, Altruistic Rulers and Socratic Rulers; 4. Neutralism in Book I of the Republic; 5. The Good, Advantage, Happiness and the Form of the Good: How Continuous with Socratic Ethics is Platonic Ethics?; 6. The Form of the Good and the Good in Plato's Republic; 7. Flourishing: The Central Concept of Practical Thought.
• Publisher Details: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press
• Publication Date: 2007
• Extent: 1 online resource (xii, 340 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 320.07; 184; Good and evil -- Congresses; Ethics, Ancient -- Congresses; PHILOSOPHY -- History & Surveys -- Ancient & Classical; Ethics, Ancient; Good and evil; Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.); Electronic books; Electronic books; Conference papers and proceedings; Conference papers and proceedings; Congresses; Influence -- Congresses
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780748631889; 0748631887; 1281252166; 9781281252166; 9780748652488; 0748652485; 9786611252168; 6611252169
• Related ISBNs: 9780748628117; 0748628118
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.