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117Aristotle on Moral Responsibility: Character and CausePhilosophical Review 104 (4): 577. 1995.The project of this book is to establish that Aristotle, contrary to what some have thought, did have a theory of distinctively "moral" responsibility, and one that is consistent with determinism. It is stipulated early on that having a theory of moral responsibility is a matter of first identifying the proper objects of peculiarly moral evaluation and thus specifying the range of responsible agents, and then identifying the actions for which those responsible agents are responsible. Aristotle’s…Read more
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56Well-Being L. J. Jost, R. A. Shiner (edd.): Eudaimonia and Well-Being. Ancient and Modern Conceptions . Pp. xxxiv + 198. Kelowna, BC: Academic Printing and Publishing, 2003 (first published as Apeiron 35/4, 2002). Paper, Can$24.95 (Cased, Can$64.95). ISBN: 0-920980-79-1 (0-920980-78-3 hbk) (review)The Classical Review 55 (02): 447-. 2005.
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55Moral conflicts N. white: Individual and conflict in greek ethics . Pp. XV + 369. Oxford: Clarendon press, 2002. Cased, £35. Isbn: 0-19-825059- (review)The Classical Review 54 (01): 80-. 2004.
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34Virtue, Norms, and Objectivity. Issues in Ancient and Modern Ethics (review)The Classical Review 57 (1): 45-47. 2007.
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30Routledge philosophy guidebook to Aristotle and the PoliticsRoutledge. 2009.Introduction -- Ruling the household -- Humans as political animals -- Slavery -- Wives -- Wealth and the proper aims of ruling the household -- Justice -- Good citizens -- Good constitutions -- Friendship -- The scope and aims of political philosophy -- The best constitution -- The best for most -- The best for each -- The preservation of all and any constitutions and regimes.
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Knowing about Understanding: A discussion of J. Moline, "Plato's Theory of Understanding" (review)Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy 2 223. 1984.
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Being, Not-Being, and Falsity in Plato's "Sophist"Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. 1982.The central portion of the Sophist contains a long, sustained argument against the claim that falsity is impossible. Recent commentators have suggested that the major step in this argument is best described as a distinguishing of different senses or uses of 'is' or as a realization that statements are not simply big names. I argue that both these lines of interpretation are unsatisfactory. ;I argue, paying careful attention to Plato's own remarks about the strategy he is pursuing, that the weigh…Read more
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