The purpose of the paper is to study the interrelatedness of rationality, virtue, and practical wisdom in Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics by offering a critical interpretation of the bipartition of the soul presented in chapter 13 of the first book. Aristotle relies on the partition of the soul into a rational and a non-rational part when he distinguishes between ethical and intellectual virtues. T [....]
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Finding oneself well together with others: A Phenomenological Study of the Ontology of Human Well-Being
Based on critical readings of Martin Heidegger’s Being and Time and Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics, the paper offers a phenomenological study of the ontology of well-being which transcends the opposition between subjective and objective being. By interpreting the Heideggerian notion of Befindlichkeit as the fundamental way in which humans find themselves in the world, being affected by and faced w [....]
On Truly Sustainable Development: Telling Stories of Sustainability that Matter
Truly sustainable development can be conceptualized as the sustained attempt to let something or somebody unfold its potential according to its own unique nature. Against the unsustainable paradigms of mass production and overconsumption in today’s world, the chapter presents a series of lesser-known counternarratives of sustainable development which disconnect the world of business from the anxie [....]
Singularity, Duality, Plurality: On Thoughtlessness, Friendship and Politics in Hannah Arendt’s Work
During October 1953, Hannah Arendt made a short list, divided into two columns, which represents what she sought to move away from, singularity, and what she was moving towards, plurality. Like any list, it remains somewhat incomplete. Yet, taken as an outline, it displays a conceptual framework which she would draw on in most of her subsequent works: Under singularity she highlights, among other [....]
Ethical Rationality in AI: On the Prospect of Becoming a Full Ethical Agent
Taking its starting point in a discussion of the concept of intelligence, the chapter develops a philosophical understanding of ethical rationality and discusses its role and implications for two ethical problems within AI: Firstly, the so-called “black box problem” which is widely discussed in the AI community, and secondly, another more complex one which will be addressed as the “Tin Man problem [....]
Philia and Agape: Ancient Greek Ethics of Friendship and Christian Theology of Love
Based on a philosophical interpretation of the ancient concepts philia and agape, the present contribution offers a comparative study of the ancient Greek ethics of friendship and the Christian theology of love. While the former tradition understands philia as a finite relationship between human selves within a sociopolitical context, agape is regarded by the latter tradition as the bond of love w [....]
Envisioning Good Actions: On Aristotelian phantasia and the Appearance of Ethical Principles
Imagine a world in which the highest good, in so far as it exists, does not appear. It would not be present in the actions of those, who inhabit this somber place, nor in their minds. One might think that these people could imagine what it would be like to act ethically well and know what constitutes goodness, but this would be a mere appearance, a ghostly shadow of what is really good, which woul [....]
Ethics of Friendship: Ancient and Modern Philosophical Approaches to the Good
The purpose of the paper is to investigate into the ethical significance of friendship, beginning with its origins in ancient Greek philosophy. The first part is dedicated to an interpretation of Plato’s understanding of friendship as a way towards the good. The second part focuses on how Aristotle takes up the thread after Plato and elaborates on the potential of friendship to enhance the good be [....]