دانلود کتاب Virtue in Political Life: Yves Simon's Political Philosophy for Our Times

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Cover
Title page
Copyright page
Dedication
Contents
Acknowledgments
Preface
Chapter 1 - The Definition of Moral Virtue
I: Modern Substitutes for Virtue and their Inadequacy
The Recourse to Natural Goodness
Social Engineering
Psycho-Technology
II: Towards a Definition of Virtue
Problems of Translation Regarding Hexis
Virtue is not Habit
Virtue is not Grounded in Opinion
Virtue is not Science
III: Understanding Aristotle’s Definition of Virtue
Distinguishing Virtue from a False Intention and from Vice
The Intellectual and Moral Virtues in Practice
The Interdependence of the Virtues: The Aristotelian and Stoic Positions
The Definition of Moral Virtue
Knowledge of Moral Axioms through Instinct
Chapter 2: Virtue in Public Life: Simon’s Concept of the Common Good
I: Brief Historical Overview
Introduction
The Birth and Evolution of the Concept: Ancient Greek Philosophy to Medieval Times
The State of the Concept in Modern and Contemporary Thought
II: The Threefold Classificatory Scheme of Virginia Held as Outlined in the Public Interest and Individual Interests and her Concept of the Public Interest
Preliminary Considerations
The “Preponderance Theories” of Thomas Hobbes, David Hume, and Jeremy Bentham
The “Public Interest as Common Interest” Theory
The “Unitary Conception”
Virginia Held’s Proposed Constituent Elements of the Common Good
III: Simon’s Concept of the Common Good
Two Misconceptions of the Common Good
Simon’s Concept of the Common Good
Drawing the Threads Together
Chapter 3: Virtue in Public Life: The Virtue of Theoretical Truth and the Virtue of the Ruler and the Ruled
Introduction
I: The Virtue of Theoretical Truth
The Truth Value of Witness
The Truth Value of Science
The Truth Value of Creative Freedom
Freedom of the Intellect: The Trouble with the Position of the Liberals
Truth and the Market Place of Ideas
The Role of Authority in Teaching Transcendent Truth
II: The Virtue of the Ruler and the Ruled
Rule by the Virtuous
Rule by the Experts or by an Elite
Freedom from Self: Obedience as Perfective
Chapter 4: Virtue In Public Life: Virtue and Law
Introduction
I: Virtue and the Idea of Natural Law and Philosophical Challenges to the Idea
The Idea of Natural Law
Philosophical Challenges to the Idea of Natural Law
II: Virtue and Facets of Positive Law and Natural Law
On the Existence of the Just by Nature
On Knowledge of Natural Moral Law
On Law as Premise and Conclusion: The Role of Virtue
On God as the Author of Natural Law and Natural Moral Law
Conclusion
Bibliography
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