This volume explores Plato and Aristotle's theories about good things, goodness, and the best life for human beings, and draws comparisons between ancient and modern theories of good and justice.
About the Author
Gerasimos Santas is Professor of Philosophy at the University of California at Irvine. He is author of Socrates: Philosophy in Plato's Early Dialogues (1979), and Plato and Freud: Two Theories of Love (Blackwell 1988).
Features
Discusses three major theories of good: perfectionist formal or functional good, hedonic good, and good as desire satisfaction.
Draws comparisons between Plato's and Aristotle's theories of good and justice and the theories of the moderns.
Devotes considerable attention to hedonic theories of the good.
