Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy 34:293-322 (2008)
Authors |
|
Abstract |
A generally ignored feature of Aristotle’s famous function argument is its reliance on the claim that practitioners of the crafts (technai) have functions: but this claim does important work. Aristotle is pointing to the fact that we judge everyday rational agency and agents by norms which are independent of their contingent desires: a good doctor is not just one who happens to achieve his personal goals through his work. But, Aristotle argues, such norms can only be binding on individuals if human rational agency as such is governed by objective teleological norms.
. |
Keywords | Aristotle function function argument Nicomachean Ethics |
Categories | (categorize this paper) |
Options |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Download options
References found in this work BETA
No references found.
Citations of this work BETA
A Monistic Conclusion to Aristotle’s Ergon Argument: The Human Good as the Best Achievement of a Human.Samuel H. Baker - 2021 - Archiv für Geschichte der Philosophie 103 (3):373-403.
Does Play Constitute the Good Life? Suits and Aristotle on Autotelicity and Living Well.Francisco Javier Lopez Frías - 2020 - Journal of the Philosophy of Sport 47 (2):168-182.
The Doctrine of the Mean in the Eudemian Ethics.Inara Zanuzzi - 2017 - Archai: Revista de Estudos Sobre as Origens Do Pensamento Ocidental 20:255-288.
Similar books and articles
Review of Gabriel Richardson Lear, Happy Lives and the Highest Good: An Essay on Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics (Princeton University Press, 2004). [REVIEW]John M. Armstrong - 2006 - Ancient Philosophy 26 (1):206–209.
The Moral Self in Confucius and Aristotle.May Sim - 2003 - International Philosophical Quarterly 43 (4):439-462.
Human Good and Human Function.Gavin Lawrence - 2006 - In Richard Kraut (ed.), The Blackwell Guide to Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics. Blackwell.
The Carpenter and the Good.Rachel Barney - 2008 - In D. Cairns, F. G. Herrmann & T. Penner (eds.), Pursuing the Good: Ethics and Metaphysics in Plato's Republic. University of Edinburgh.
Good, Reason and Objectivity in Aristotle.Theodore Scaltsas - 1996 - In D. Koutras (ed.), Aristotelian Ethics and Its Influence. Athens, Greece: pp. 292-305.
Analytics
Added to PP index
2010-05-13
Total views
2,258 ( #1,814 of 2,498,775 )
Recent downloads (6 months)
134 ( #4,814 of 2,498,775 )
2010-05-13
Total views
2,258 ( #1,814 of 2,498,775 )
Recent downloads (6 months)
134 ( #4,814 of 2,498,775 )
How can I increase my downloads?
Downloads