Jean Roberts
Biographic Data
| ID | 5633895 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jean Roberts |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jean |
| FAMILY NAME | Roberts |
| SIGNATURE | ROBERTS J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Washington |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3826-4629 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1986 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Excellences of the Citizen and of the Individual
Justice and the polis
The aim of all of Aristotle’s practical philosophy is to provide a description of the best life for a human being, along with an understanding of how that life is to be achieved or at least approached. The discussion of individual happiness ( eudaimonia ) in the ethical writings and the discussion of political arrangements in the Politics are complementary and equally necessary parts of that inquiry. The happiness of an individual is that of a na…
Aristotle on Moral Responsibility: Character and Cause
This book presents an examination of Aristotle's accounts of voluntariness in the Eudemian and Nicomachean Ethics. It makes the case that these constitute a theory of moral responsibility — albeit one with important differences from modern theories. Highlights of the discussion include a reconstruction of the dialectical argument in the Eudemian Ethics II 6-9, and a demonstration that the definitions of ‘voluntary’ and ‘involuntary’ in Nicomachea…
Political Animals in the Nicomachean Ethics
Aristotle claimed that the happiest life for a human being is the life of moral virtue.' The life of courage, temperance, justice, and the other virtues of character is better for the person living that life than a life that lacks those virtues. Having the sort of character which leads in a predictable way to actions which are, on the whole, socially beneficial ones, is in the best interest of any individual. This is not, and indeed was not thoug…
Image and Reality in Plato's Metaphysics
Women's Choices: Philosophical Problems Facing Feminism. Mary Midgley , Judith Hughes
Political Animals in the Nicomachean Ethics
Aristotle claimed that the happiest life for a human being is the life of moral virtue.' The life of courage, temperance, justice, and the other virtues of character is better for the person living that life than a life that lacks those virtues. Having the sort of character which leads in a predictable way to actions which are, on the whole, socially beneficial ones, is in the best interest of any individual. This is not, and indeed was not thoug…
Women's Choices: Philosophical Problems Facing Feminism. Mary Midgley , Judith Hughes
Image and Reality in Plato's Metaphysics
Political Animals in the Nicomachean Ethics
Aristotle claimed that the happiest life for a human being is the life of moral virtue.' The life of courage, temperance, justice, and the other virtues of character is better for the person living that life than a life that lacks those virtues. Having the sort of character which leads in a predictable way to actions which are, on the whole, socially beneficial ones, is in the best interest of any individual. This is not, and indeed was not thoug…
Aristotle on Moral Responsibility: Character and Cause
This book presents an examination of Aristotle's accounts of voluntariness in the Eudemian and Nicomachean Ethics. It makes the case that these constitute a theory of moral responsibility — albeit one with important differences from modern theories. Highlights of the discussion include a reconstruction of the dialectical argument in the Eudemian Ethics II 6-9, and a demonstration that the definitions of ‘voluntary’ and ‘involuntary’ in Nicomachea…
Justice and the polis
The aim of all of Aristotle’s practical philosophy is to provide a description of the best life for a human being, along with an understanding of how that life is to be achieved or at least approached. The discussion of individual happiness ( eudaimonia ) in the ethical writings and the discussion of political arrangements in the Politics are complementary and equally necessary parts of that inquiry. The happiness of an individual is that of a na…
Excellences of the Citizen and of the Individual
Epistemology (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · Classical Philosophy and Thought (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Contemporary philosophy (2 works) · Economic Justice (2 works) · Environmental ethics (2 works) · Eudaimonia (2 works) · General interest (2 works)