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- Title
Two Forms of Teleology in Aristotle's Ethical Theory.
- Authors
FURLAN, TIMOTHY J.
- Abstract
In this paper I explore some of the implications of the claim that the theoretical life is superior to any other, a claim made not only in the Metaphysics but also in the final book of the Nicomachean Ethics. My primary interest is to explore how Aristotle's ethical theory -- and in particular his claims about the best possible human life -- is connected to a particular conception of teleological ordering. Although it is an obvious and well known fact that Aristotle's work makes teleological assumptions, what I want to argue is that commentators have often misunderstood their role in the Nicomachean Ethics and that this has profound implications for how we understand the relationship between the philosophical and the political life, between theoretical and practical pursuits.
- Subjects
TELEOLOGY; ARISTOTLE, 384-322 B.C.; NICOMACHEAN Ethics (Book : Aristotle); METAPHYSICS; PHILOSOPHY; POLITICAL science
- Publication
Sapientia, 2012, Vol 68, Issue 231-232, p63
- ISSN
0036-4703
- Publication type
Article