Aristotle's Ethics and Moral Responsibility [Paperback]

Eche?ique discusses Aristotle's views on moral agency and voluntariness and presents a theory of moral responsibility that is both original and compelling.Eche?ique argues that Aristotle developed an original and compelling theory of moral responsibility and contributed in novel ways to our understanding of coercion, ignorance and violence. Of interest to students and academics interested in ancient ethics, as well as those interested in moral responsibility and criminal liability more broadly.Eche?ique argues that Aristotle developed an original and compelling theory of moral responsibility and contributed in novel ways to our understanding of coercion, ignorance and violence. Of interest to students and academics interested in ancient ethics, as well as those interested in moral responsibility and criminal liability more broadly.Aristotle's Ethics develops a complex theory of the qualities which make for a good human being and for several decades there has been intense discussion about whether Aristotle's theory of voluntariness, outlined in the Ethics, actually delineates what modern thinkers would recognize as a theory of moral responsibility. Javier Eche?ique presents a novel account of Aristotle's discussion of voluntariness in the Ethics, arguing  against the interpretation by Arthur Adkins and that inspired by Peter Strawson  that he developed an original and compelling theory of moral responsibility and that this theory has contributed in important ways to our understanding of coercion, ignorance and violence. His study will be valuable for a wide range of readers interested in Aristotle and in ancient ethics more broadly.Introduction; 1. Against the Strawsonian interpretation: the negative argument; 2. Aristotle on ethical ascription: the positive argument; 3. The definitions of violence; 4. Coercion as justification and excuse 1: the Ethica Eudemia; 5. Coercion as justification and excuse 2: the Ethica Nicomachea; 6. Factual error and the source of blaml“!