Economics and the Public Good - The End of Desire in Aristotle''s Politics and Ethics

Careful interpretation of Aristotle’s political philosophy shows the necessity for politics and economics to be understood as working towards a goal unachievable by either agent on its own. This interpretation compel readers to contemplate how all human pursuits begin with desire and a choice about the good.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction
Chapter 1: The Problem of the Money-Making Art in Aristotle's Politics
Chapter 2: Liberating Household Management and Political Life from Money-making
Chapter 3: Choice and the Intellectual Foundations of Politics and Economics
Chapter 4: Choice and the Limits of Self-sufficiency as a Political and Economic End
Chapter 5: Political Philosophy, Pleasure, and the Good Things
Chapter 6: Friendship and the Natural Foundations of Politics and Economics
Chapter 7: Justice, Pleasure, and the Good
Chapter 8: Justice, Economic Exchange, and Friendship
Chapter 9: Economics' Need for Political Philosophy
Conclusion

Über den Autor / die Autorin

John Antonio Pascarella earned his Ph.D. in Political Theory at the University of North Texas, and is currently an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Utah State University.

Zusammenfassung

Careful interpretation of Aristotle’s political philosophy shows the necessity for politics and economics to be understood as working towards a goal unachievable by either agent on its own. This interpretation compel readers to contemplate how all human pursuits begin with desire and a choice about the good.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: John Antonio Pascarella
• Verlag: Rowman and Littlefield
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 31.12.2020
• EAN: 9781786608437
• ISBN: 978-1-78660-843-7
• Seiten: 402
• Serie: Economy, Polity, and Society
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Philosophie > Allgemeines, Lexika; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Wirtschaft > Sonstiges; PHILOSOPHY / Political, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / Theory, Social & political philosophy, Economic theory & philosophy, Ethics & moral philosophy, social and political philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy, Economic theory and philosophy