Philosophy and Religion, Philosophy, Philosophical Traditions and Schools of Thought, Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy
The Foundations of Socratic Ethics

The Foundations of Socratic Ethics

Paperback Published on: 15/01/2001
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Synopsis

Gomez-Lobo argues that behind the facade of Socratic irony lies a strictly deductive system of ethics suspended from two axioms--one governing practical rationality and the other specifying the ingredients of the good life. In the *Gorgias*, the author contends, Plato tries to found Socratic ethics on a metaphysical principle about goodness in general, from which the axiom concerning the good life can be derived.

Publisher information

  • Publisher: Hackett Publishing Company, Inc.
  • ISBN: 9780872202368
  • Number of pages: 160
  • Dimensions: 216 x 136 x 9 mm
  • Weight: 188g
  • Languages: English