||5 of 5 people found the following review helpful.| Excellent Work – Can be a Difficult Read at Times|By Reader|Originally published in 1995 Terence Irwin’s ‘Plato’s Ethics” is as the title suggests an analysis of Platonic ethics; a sequel to his earlier text ‘Plato’s Moral Theory’ (1977). A long time professor at Cornell and Oxford, Irwin is a leading contemporary classical scho|||"Many will regard the new work as one of the better places to begin their background reading on the ethics of Plato....Recommended."--Choice||"Plato's Ethics is a model of how to enter into another's mind by making full use of one's own. R
This exceptional book examines and explains Plato's answer to the normative question, "How ought we to live?" It discusses Plato's conception of the virtues; his views about the connection between the virtues and happiness; and the account of reason, desire, and motivation that underlies his arguments about the virtues. Plato's answer to the epistemological question, "How can we know how we ought to live?" is also discussed. His views on knowledge, belief, and inquiry,...
