Socrates, Pleasure, and Value (Hardcover)

Lingua: inglese

Editore: Oxford University Press Inc, New York, 1999

0195128559 / 9780195128550

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Hardcover. In the past quarter century, enormous philosophical attention has been paid to Plato's "Socratic" dialogues, as interpreters have sought to identify which dialogues are truly Socratic and interpret and defend the moral theories they find in those works. In spite of this intellectual energy, no consensus has emerged on the question of whether Socrates was a hedonist--whether he believed pleasure to be the good. In this study, George Rudebusch addresses this questionand the textual puzzle from which it has arisen.In the Protagoras, Plato has Socrates appeal to hedonism in order to assert his characteristic identification of virtue andknowledge. While in the Gorgias, Socrates attributes hedonism to his opponent and argues against it in defense of his own view that doing injustice is worse than suffering it. From the Apology and Crito, it is clear that Socrates believes virtue to be the supreme good. Taken together, scholars have found these texts to be incoherent and seek to account for them either in terms of the development of Plato's thinking or by denying that one or more of these texts wasmeant to reflect Socrates' own ethical theory.Rudebusch argues instead that these texts do indeed fit together into a coherent moral theory as he attempts to locate Socrates' position on hedonism. Hedistinguishes Socrates' own hedonism from that which Socrates attacks elsewhere. Rudebusch also maintains that Socrates identifies pleasant activity with virtuous activity, describing Socrates' hedonism as one of activity, not sensation. This analysis allows for Socrates to find both virtue and pleasure to be the good, thus solving the textual puzzle and showing the power of Socratic argument in leading human beings toward the good.Tackling some of the most fundamentaldebates over Socratic ethics in Plato's earlier dialogues, Socrates, Pleasure, and Value will generate renewed discussion among specialists and provide excellent reading for courses in ancientphilosophy as well as ethical theory. George Rudebusch addresses the question of whether Socrates was a hedonist -- that is, if he believed that the good is, at bottom, a matter of pleasure. Rudebusch claims that this issue is so basic that, unless it is resolved, no adequate assessment of the Socratic dialogues' place in the history of philosophy can be made. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…

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Titolo
Socrates, Pleasure, and Value (Hardcover)
Autore
George Rudebusch
Editore
Oxford University Press Inc, New York
Anno di pubblicazione
1999
Condizione
new
Rilegatura
Hardcover
Lingua
inglese
ISBN 10
0195128559
ISBN 13
9780195128550

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