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Morality, Politics, and the Law
In Steven Nadler (ed.), Maimonides. Wiley‐Blackwell. pp. 161–183 (2010-02-12)
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This chapter contains sections titled: Introduction The Nature of Virtue Morality Virtue and the mean: Aristotle and Torah contrasted Saintliness, Asceticism, and the Mean: Is the Hasid a Sinner? On Knowing the Good and Doing the Good Morality and Law: The Purpose of the Commandments Maimonides' Moral Theory: Universalist or Particularist? Conclusion further reading.Author's Profile
morality, politics, and the law situating ethics in political domain Maimonides' theory of moral value against a backdrop of al‐Fârâbî and Aristotle Maimonides and classical virtue morality distinction between intellect and imagination ‐ and moral claim justification Aristotle's well‐known doctrine of the mean ‐ in Nicomachean Ethics Maimonides' discussion of virtues ‐ incorporating Aristotle's doctrine of the mean self‐control and moral strength ‐ on knowing the good and doing the good anti‐nomianism, supported in Spinoza's Theologico‐Political Treatise end of the Guide and Maimonides' view of the purpose of human life
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