Book contents
- A Philosophy of Need
- Talking Philosophy
- A Philosophy of Need
- Copyright page
- Contents
- List of Contributors
- Foreword
- Introduction
- 1 An Idea We Cannot Do Without: What Difference Will It Make (eg. to Moral, Political and Environmental Philosophy) to Recognize and Put to Use a Substantial Conception of Need?
- 2 Needs and Global Justice
- 3 Need, Humiliation and Independence
- 4 Needs and Ethics in Ancient Philosophy
- 5 Aristotle on Necessities and Needs
- 6 Need, Care and Obligation
- 7 Needs, Facts, Goodness, and Truth
- 8 Fundamental Needs
- 9 Needs, Rights, and Collective Obligations
- 10 Where Does the Moral Force of the Concept of Needs Reside and When?
- 11 Needs and Capabilities
- Index
5 - Aristotle on Necessities and Needs
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 25 April 2024
Book contents
- A Philosophy of Need
- Talking Philosophy
- A Philosophy of Need
- Copyright page
- Contents
- List of Contributors
- Foreword
- Introduction
- 1 An Idea We Cannot Do Without: What Difference Will It Make (eg. to Moral, Political and Environmental Philosophy) to Recognize and Put to Use a Substantial Conception of Need?
- 2 Needs and Global Justice
- 3 Need, Humiliation and Independence
- 4 Needs and Ethics in Ancient Philosophy
- 5 Aristotle on Necessities and Needs
- 6 Need, Care and Obligation
- 7 Needs, Facts, Goodness, and Truth
- 8 Fundamental Needs
- 9 Needs, Rights, and Collective Obligations
- 10 Where Does the Moral Force of the Concept of Needs Reside and When?
- 11 Needs and Capabilities
- Index
Summary
Aristotle’s account of human needs is valuable because it describes the connections between logical, metaphysical, physical, human and ethical necessities. But Aristotle does not fully draw out the implications of the account of necessity for needs and virtue. The proper Aristotelian conclusion is that, far from being an inferior activity fit only for slaves, meeting needs is the first part of Aristotelian virtue.
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- A Philosophy of Need , pp. 168 - 203Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024