1st Edition
Negotiating the Good Life Aristotle and the Civil Society
By Mark A. Young
Copyright 2005
234 Pages
by
Routledge
234 Pages
by
Routledge
234 Pages
by
Routledge
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For centuries philosophers have wrestled with the dichotomy between individual freedom on the one hand and collective solidarity on the other. Yet today there is a growing realization that this template is fundamentally flawed. In this book, Mark Young embraces and advocates a more holistic concept of freedom; one which is not merely defined negatively but which positively provides the... Read more
Contents: Connecting free people: a neo-Aristotelian proposal; Revisiting Aristotle: in pursuit of happiness; Constructing the Good Life: narrative as a path to Eudaimonia; Aristotle's Polis: the soil of Eudaimonia; The freedom of community: can virtue be pluralistic?; Civil society: modern Aristotelian Polis?; Negotiating the Good Life: conflict management in a pluralistic democracy; Modern communities: a rejoinder to Putnam; Bibliography; Index.
Biography
Mark A. Young
'... Young's book is thought provoking and it sets the agenda for future inquiry in addition to making an original contribution to the important Aristotelian tradition set in motion by MacIntyre's After Virtue.' Ethical Theory and Moral Practice ’Mark A. Young's Negotiating the Good Life is an important book.’ The Journal of Value Inquiry
