The Eudemian Ethics

A major treatise on moral philosophy by Aristotle, this is the first time theEudemian Ethicshas been published in its entirety in any modern language. Equally important, the volume has been translated by Sir Anthony Kenny, one of Britain's most distinguished academics and philosophers, and a leading authority on Aristotle. InThe Eudemian Ethics, Aristotle explores the factors that make life worth living. He considers the role of happiness, and what happiness consists of, and he analyzes various aspects that contribute to it: human agency, the relation between action and virtue, and the concept of virtue itself. Aristotle classifies and examines the various moral and intellectual virtues, and he considers the roles of friendship and pleasure in a life well lived. Kenny's superb translation is accompanied by a fine introduction, in which he highlights the similarities and differences between this book and the better-knownNicomachean Ethics, with which it holds three books in common. There are also many useful explanatory notes which clarify the arguments and allusions that Aristotle makes.

Sir Anthony Kenny, a renowned philosopher, has also been Pro-Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford, Master of Balliol College, and President of the British Academy. He is particularly well known for his work on Aristotle, Aquinas, Descartes, and Wittgenstein.

Introduction
Note on the Text and Translation
Select Bibliography
Chronology
Outline of The Eudemian Ethics
THE EUDEMIAN ETHICS
Book I: Happiness the Chief Good
Book II: Virtue, Freedom, and Responsibility
Book III: The Moral Virtues
Book IV: Justice
Book V: Intellectual Virtue
Book VI: Continence and Incontinence: Pleasure
Book VII: Friendship
Book VIII: Virtue, Knowledge, Nobility, and Happiness
Explanatory Notes
Glossary of Key Terms
Index