Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Introduction
Civic Virtue and Philosophy
The Rhetorical Dimension of Ethical Discourse
Interpretative Approach
1. The Audience of the Ethics, Book I
The Ethics in Context
Philosophic Readings of the Ethics
Political Readings of the Ethics
Aristotle's Dual Audience
The Useful Imprecision of Book I
2. The Virtues, Books II-VI
The Doctrine of Ethical Virtue
Ascent to Magnanimity
The Identity of the Magnanimous Person
Justice: Comprehensive Virtue and Proportional Equality
The Problem of Political Justice
The Need for Intellectual Virtue
The Competing Claims of Prudence and Wisdom
3. A New Beginning: Incontinence and Pleasure, Book VII
The New Horizon: Puzzle and Discovery
Incontinence: Clarifying Socrates' Ethical Paradox
Incontinence: Preserving Decent Opinion
Pleasure and Political Philosophy
Pleasure as End
Pleasure as the Supreme Good
Pleasure as Divine Activity
4. Virtue, Friendship, and Philsophy, Books VIII-IX
Turning to Friendship
Friendship and Virtue
Friendship and the City
Friendship and Nature
Friendship with Oneself
Political Friendship
Two Kinds of Self-Love
Friendship, Happiness, and Philosophy
5. Making the City Safe for Philosophy, Book X
Pleasure and Moral Education
Aristotle's New Description of Pleasure
Happiness and the Pleasures of the Powerful
Happiness and the Best Way of Life
One Consistent Teaching: Similar and Complementary Ways of Life
Two Inconsistent Teachings: Persistent Tension
Concluding Arguments: Gods, Moral Nobility, and the City
Consistent Inconsistency
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography of Cited Works
Index