{"product_id":"modernizing-aristotles-ethics-toward-a-new-art-and-science-of-self-actualization-9781804411629","title":"Modernizing Aristotle's Ethics: Toward a New Art and Science of Self-Actualization","description":"\u003cp\u003eOver 2,300 years ago, the Ancient Greeks gave us philosophy-the love of wisdom. From Socrates and Epicurus to Plato and Aristotle, they grappled with the big questions-who are we? Why are we here? What is a good life? How should we lead our life?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLater, the natural sciences split away from philosophy, and then the humanities did as well, and fragmented into separate disciplines, all of which tell us something about human nature-the universal, the culture-specific, and the individuated. This ongoing process was also forwarded by supporters of Aristotle's worldview, most notably, Thomas Aquinas and Ayn Rand, and we see much value in their neo-Aristotelian philosophies, too. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the light of all that that the new sciences and more recent philosophers tell us about human nature and ethics, is there a case for modernizing Aristotle (and thinkers like Aquinas and Rand, as well), as against starting afresh? We think so.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe theme of this book is to arrive at a highly practical, \"neo-Aristotelian\" framework to facilitate creating a meaningful life and self-actualization (and thereby flourishing and happiness) by linking ethics (as an \"ought\") with the empirical sciences (that provide the \"is\"). A modernized ethic can be created using current scientific knowledge, and is also made easier in application, by specifying the psychological nature of the human (the \u003cem\u003einternal\u003c\/em\u003e, or the ontology of the modern human), and delineating that which is universal, from that which can be individualized.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Ethics International Press, Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50489257656594,"sku":"9781804411629","price":85.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_81ff801a-e1ed-452e-b48e-3a8304de0863.jpg?v=1730493214","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/modernizing-aristotles-ethics-toward-a-new-art-and-science-of-self-actualization-9781804411629","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}