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[...] Baracchi argues that we cannot give an adequate account of the theoretical disciplines without reference to practice, nor can we fully grasp what is distinctive about the practical disciplines without appreciating their theoretical dimensions. First philosophy is not to be confused with episteme (science): it is intrinsically ethical.
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Cloth, $49.00-Challenging the view that Aristotle's account of virtue can be revived in today's world, Eugene Garver argues that Aristotle's theory of virtue is tied to a social context so different from our own that his ethics cannot be transplanted into ours.
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Pang-White reviews by Deborah Achtenberg.
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While Aristotle had no opportunity to engage in a dialogue with the actual Socrates, Burger shows that he did dialogue with "Socrates," a construction by Aristotle which also allowed Aristotle to frame the topic of ethical virtue in a manner that defends ethical virtue as well as implying certain problems with it. Since the work, as Burger interprets it, is addressed to those who have been brought up well but also are themselves troubled by their upbringing, perplexed about the beautiful and the just, Aristotle can provide both a way of satisfying their concerns by appearing to justify the life of ethical virtue but also revealing to those who recognize the problems Aristotle raises to engage in thinking through the full import of his speech.
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In regard to moral action, "animals are not only without moral virtue but also without emotions in the sense of responses involving some sort of judgment or assessment," for they can neither opine nor respond emotionally, strictly speaking, since emotion implies cognition involving thinking (pp. 164-5).
