Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics - Praxis
Posted: Wed 13 Apr 2016 19:59
Nicomachean Ethics is the most important book of Aristotle's Ethics. It it is where he discusses the concept of the social world, viz., "praxis"
Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics
Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics Books VI and V
Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics
Join Titus, Aristocles, and I as we discuss some crucial aspects of Aristotle’s seminal work on the ethics of living well.
This week’s episode of KulturKampf discusses and introduces Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics with a brief mention of concepts introduced by Aristotle in his Prior and Posterior analytics. The question Aristotle seeks to answer here is one of what the Telos – or purpose – of human activity is? Can this question be answered by appealing to Platonic Forms? Or does the nature and essence of human action lie elsewhere?
Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics Books VI and V
We wind up our discussion of Aristotle with a look at Book VI and Book X of his Nicomachean Ethics which deal with the Intellectual virtues and Pleasure vs. Happiness.
We’ll touch on questions such as how the soul arrives at Truth and what happens to a State which fails to enforce laws which encourage moral virtue. Join us on this episode of KulturKampf as we close out Aristotle and the Greeks!
Show Notes:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/12dO ... sp=sharing
(Scroll down to section V and VI for this episode)