{"title":"Lorraine Pangle","description":"\u003cp\u003eLorraine Pangle's works delve deeply into political philosophy, exploring the moral foundations that underpin Western political thought. Her writing often bridges classical ideas with contemporary concerns, inviting readers to reflect on the ethical dimensions of politics through a rigorous, Aristotelian lens.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eExpect a thoughtful and scholarly engagement with topics such as reason, character, and virtue in political life. Pangle's books offer thoughtful analysis for those interested in the intersection of philosophy and political theory, presented with clarity and intellectual precision.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"reason-and-character-the-moral-foundations-of-aristotelian-political-philosophy-by-lorraine-pangle-9780226688169","title":"Reason and Character – The Moral Foundations of Aristotelian Political Philosophy","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat does it mean to live a good life or a happy life, and what part does reason play in the quest for fulfilment? Proceeding by means of a close and thematically selective commentary on Aristotle’s \u003ci\u003eNicomachean Ethics\u003c\/i\u003e, this book offers a novel interpretation of Aristotle’s teachings on the relation between reason and moral virtue. Pangle shows how Aristotle’s arguments for virtue as the core of happiness and for reason as the guide to virtue emerge in dialectical response to Socrates’s paradoxical claim that virtue is knowledge and vice is ignorance, and as part of a politically complex project of giving guidance to lawgivers and ordinary citizens while offering spurs to deep theoretical reflection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAgainst Socrates, Aristotle insists that both virtue and vice are voluntary and that individuals are responsible for their characters, a stance that lends itself to vigorous defence of moral responsibility. At the same time, Pangle shows, Aristotle elucidates the importance of unchosen concerns in shaping all that we do and the presence of some form of ignorance or subtle confusions in all moral failings. Thus the gap between his position and that of Socrates comes on close inspection to be much smaller than first appears, and his true teaching on the role of reason in shaping moral existence far more complex.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe book offers fresh interpretations of Aristotle’s teaching on the relation of passions to judgements, on what it means to choose virtue for its own sake, on the way reason finds the mean, especially in justice, and on the crucial intellectual virtue of \u003ci\u003ephronesis\u003c\/i\u003e or active wisdom and its relation to theoretical wisdom. Offering answers to longstanding debates over the status of reason and the meaning of happiness in the \u003ci\u003eNicomachean Ethics\u003c\/i\u003e, this book will kindle in readers a new appreciation for Aristotle’s lessons on how to make the most out of life, as individuals and in society.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47471444099308,"sku":"9780226688169","price":72.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780226688169-reason-and-character-the-moral-foundations-of-aristotelian-political-philosophy.jpg?v=1775243288"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/lorraine-pangle.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}