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The Role Ethics of Epictetus:Stoicism in Ordinary Life offers an original interpretation of Epictetus's ethics and how he bases his ethics on an appeal to our roles in life. Epictetus's role theory is a complete ethical theory, one that has been both misunderstood and under-appreciated in the literature.

List of contents

Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1: Epictetus's Role for Human Beings
Chapter 2: Bearing Many Roles: Specific Roles in an Individual's Life
Chapter 3: Roles in Action: Appropriate Acts (or "Duties")
Chapter 4: Education and the Good of Epictetean Roles
Chapter 5: The Cases of Socrates and Heracles: Role Conflict and Identity
Chapter 6: The Role of roles in Epictetus's Discourses 1.2: Three Interpretations
Chapter 7: Resolving Role Conflicts
Chapter 8: Cicero's Account of Panaetius's Four Personae: A Theory of Decorum
Chapter 9: Epictetus's Role Ethics-The Unfolding Script
Bibliography

About the author

Brian E. Johnson is assistant professor of philosophy at Fordham University.

Summary

The Role Ethics of Epictetus: Stoicism in Ordinary Life offers an original interpretation of Epictetus’s ethics and how he bases his ethics on an appeal to our roles in life. Epictetus's role theory is a complete ethical theory, one that has been both misunderstood and under-appreciated in the literature.

Product details

• Authors: Brian E. Johnson, Johnson Brian E.
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2017
• EAN: 9781498550833
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-5083-3
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical, Ethics & moral philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy, Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500