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244Ethics in Stoic PhilosophyPhronesis 52 (1): 58-87. 2007.When examining the role of Stoic ethics within Stoic philosophy as a whole, it is useful for us to look at the Stoic view of the way in which philosophy is made up of parts. The aim is a synoptic and integrated understanding of the "theoremata" of all the parts, something which can be achieved in a variety of ways, either by subsequent integration of separate study of the three parts or by proceeding through 'mixed' presentations, which can be made at varying levels of understanding. In two pres…Read more
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167Comments on John Doris’s Lack of Character (review)Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 71 (3). 2005.
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37C. J. Rowe: Plato. (Philosophers in Context, 2.) Pp. viii + 228. Brighton: Harvester, 1984. £22.50The Classical Review 35 (02): 400-401. 1985.
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171Applying Virtue to EthicsJournal of Applied Philosophy 32 (1): 1-14. 2014.Virtue ethics is sometimes taken to be incapable of providing guidance for an individual's actions, as some other ethical theories do. I show how virtue ethics does provide guidance for action, and also meet the objection that, while it may account for what we ought to do, it cannot account for the force of duty and obligation
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32Against the EthicistsPhilosophical Review 108 (1): 137. 1999.Sextus’s arguments against ethical theories are shorter and more general than those he brings against the other two parts of ancient philosophy, logic and physics. Until recently this part of his work, in Outlines of Pyrrhonism III and Adversus Mathematicos XI has been comparatively neglected. Now, as well as the splendidly scholarly book by Emidio Spinelli, Sesto Empirico: Contro Gli Etici we have Richard Bett’s translation with commentary in the Clarendon Later Ancient Philosophers series. Bot…Read more
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6Appendix: Hedonism in the protagorasIn Platonic Ethics, Old and New, Cornell University Press. pp. 167-172. 1999.
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1425An introduction to Plato's RepublicOxford University Press. 1981.This interpretive introduction provides unique insight into Plato's Republic. Stressing Plato's desire to stimulate philosophical thinking in his readers, Julia Annas here demonstrates the coherence of his main moral argument on the nature of justice, and expounds related concepts of education, human motivation, knowledge and understanding. In a clear systematic fashion, this book shows that modern moral philosophy still has much to learn from Plato's attempt to move the focus from questions of …Read more
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93The Modes of Scepticism: Ancient Texts and Modern InterpretationsCambridge University Press. 1985.The Modes of Scepticism is one of the most important and influential of all ancient philosophical texts. The texts made an enormous impact on Western thought when they were rediscovered in the 16th century and they have shaped the whole future course of Western philosophy. Despite their importance, the Modes have been little discussed in recent times. This book translates the texts and supplies them with a discursive commentary, concentrating on philosophical issues but also including historical…Read more
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11Cicero on stoic moral philosophy and private propertyIn Jonathan Barnes & Miriam T. Griffin (eds.), Philosophia togata, Oxford University Press. pp. 151-173. 1997.
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497Being Virtuous and Doing the Right ThingProceedings and Addresses of the American Philosophical Association 78 (2). 2003.It is sometimes argued that virtue ethics is incapable of 'telling us what to do'. I explore what this could mean, and come to the conclusion that virtue ethics does enable this, in the only sense in which it is something which we would reasonably want in an ethical theory.
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27Voices of ancient philosophy: an introductory readerOxford University Press. 2001.Edited by one of the most renowned scholars in the field, Voices of Ancient Philosophy: An Introductory Reader is a unique and accessible introduction to the richness of ancient philosophy. Featuring a topical--as opposed to chronological--organization, this text introduces students to the wide range of approaches and traditions in ancient philosophy. In each section Annas presents the ancient debates on a particular philosophical topic, drawing on a greater diversity of ancient sources than a c…Read more
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46The Morality of HappinessOxford University Press. 1993.In this book I look at the tradition of eudaimonistic ethics which stems from Aristotle's treatment of ethics, and which takes distinct, though related forms in Epicurus, the Stoics and the Sceptics. I look at this tradition from different points of view: how is it related to human nature, how does it account for other-related virtue and action, and how much does it require in terms of revising previously held priorities. I discuss the methodology of discussing ancient texts in ways that relate …Read more
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48An Introduction to Plato's RepublicOxford U.P.. 1981.The book provides a commentary on Plato's Republic which encourages the reader to be stimulated to philosophical thinking by Plato's wide-ranging discussions.