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Title:

Skill in ancient ethics : the legacy of China, Greece and Rome / edited by Tom Angier and Lisa Raphals.

Publisher:

Bloomsbury Academic,

Copyright Date:

2022

Description:

ix, 378 pages ; 24 cm

Subject:

Philosophy, Ancient.
Techne (Philosophy)
Philosophy, Ancient.
Techne (Philosophy)

Other Authors:

Angier, Tom P. S., author. author.
Raphals, Lisa Ann, 1951- author. author.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Part 6: Comparative perspective on skill in ethics. Rohan Sikri. Lisa Raphals -- Part 1. Skill in Plato's ethics. The skillful wanderer : on the risks and rewards of travel in Plato and Zhuangzi / Nicholas D. Smith -- The question is not 'can virtue be taught?' but 'can virtue be learned?' / Naomi Reshotko -- The contest between philosophy and rhetoric in Plato's Gorgias / Laurence Bloom -- A Dewian conception of skill as clue to the analogy between craft and virtue in the Platonic Dialogues / Robin Weiss -- Part 2: Skill in Aristotle's ethics. Steering against the bad : an Aristotlelian account of virtue as two-way / Jennifer Rothschild -- Virtue cultivation and the skill of emotion regulation / Paul Carron -- Aristotle on Techne : two theses in search of a synthesis? / Joseph Dunne -- Part 3: Skill in stoic ethics. The craftsman of impulse : Chrysippus on expertise and moral development / Tue S©ıvs©ı -- Being and becoming good : Seneca's two moral conceptions of Ars / Stefan Rottig -- Part 4: Skill in Confucian ethics. Cultivating goodness or manifesting goodness : two interpretations of the Mencius / Winnie Sung -- Ritual as skill : ethical cultivation and the skill model in the Xunzi / Siufu Tang -- Part 5: Skill and ethics in the Zhuangzi. A path with no end : skill and Dao in Mozi and Zhuangzi / Chris Fraser -- Skilfulness and uselessness in the Zhuangzi / Wai Wai Chiu -- Dao and agency : what do the Zhuangzi's skill stories tell us about life? / Karyn Lai -- Part 6: Comparative perspective on skill in ethics. Can one become wise by learning to catch cicadas? : analogies between crafts and wisdom in Daoism and stoicism / David Machek -- Gendered skill : Chinese and Greek skill-knowledge analogies from archery and weaving / Lisa Raphals -- The skillful wanderer : on the risks and rewards of travel in Plato and Zhuangzi / Rohan Sikri.

Summary:

"This collection illustrates the centrality of skill within ancient ethics, including ancient Chinese ethics, showing how skill or techne has been a touchstone from the beginning of philosophical thought. Covering Socrates' search for expertise in virtue, the Republic's 'craft of justice', Aristotle's delineation of the politike techne and the Stoics' 'art of life'. Divided into four sections on Plato, Aristotle, the Stoics and Chinese ethics, it brings together world-leading philosophers working across this broad topic. Yet it is not limited to traditional figures and traditions, featuring essays on the importance of skill in lesser-known philosophers, such as Carneades and Antipater, and texts, such as the Zhuangzi. In doing so, it illustrates how skill, expertise and 'know how' are important in ethics, epistemology, philosophy of mind, philosophy of action and cognitive science. This collection of specially-commissioned chapters is the first to foreground skill as central to Ancient and Chinese ethics specifically making it an essential for anyone interested in the value of cross-cultural philosophy today"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

1350104329
9781350104327

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1228319271

LCCN:

2021015213

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)