Socratic Virtue: Making the Best of the Neither-Good-Nor-Bad

Socratic Virtue: Making the Best of the Neither-Good-Nor-Bad
by Naomi Reshotko (Author)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press; 1st edition (3 Aug. 2006)
Language: English
Hardcover: 220 pages
ISBN-10: 0521846188
ISBN-13: 9780521846189
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Book Description
Socrates was not a moral philosopher. Instead he was a theorist who showed how human desire and human knowledge complement one another in the pursuit of human happiness. His theory allowed him to demonstrate that actions and objects have no value other than that which they derive from their employment by individuals who, inevitably, desire their own happiness and have the knowledge to use actions and objects as a means for its attainment. The result is a naturalised, practical, and demystified account of good and bad, and right and wrong. Professor Reshotko presents a freshly envisioned Socratic theory residing at the intersection of the philosophy of mind and ethics. It makes an important contribution to the study of the Platonic dialogues and will also interest all scholars of ethics and moral psychology.