Economics and the Public Good - John Antonio Pascarella

Economics and the Public Good

The End of Desire in Aristotle's Politics and Ethics
Buch | Softcover
402 Seiten
2023
Rowman & Littlefield (Verlag)
978-1-5381-6632-1 (ISBN)
43,65 inkl. MwSt
Careful interpretation of Aristotle’s political philosophy shows the necessity for politics and economics to be understood as working towards a goal unachievable by either agent on its own. This interpretation compel readers to contemplate how all human pursuits begin with desire and a choice about the good.
What is the nature of economics? How does economics relate to politics? Readers searching for the Ancient Greeks’ answers to these questions often turn to Aristotle, focusing on small portions of the Politics and Nicomachean Ethics that relate to money-making, exchange, and household management. While this approach yields some understanding of economics and politics, it fails to account for how Aristotle’s theoretical inquiry into these practical matters reflects the character of his political philosophy. According to Aristotle, the Ethics and Politics together form “the philosophy concerning the human things.” All human things begin with choice, an intellectual desire and need for the good. Aristotle’s care for this desire is the heart of his political philosophy. Through a close, literal, and careful reading of Aristotle’s political philosophy, readers discover the natural boundaries to economic and political life. Simultaneously theoretical and practical, Aristotle’s political philosophy offers readers a perspective of economics and politics that provides them the experience of the knowledge they need to desire and live within the limit of the good.

John Antonio Pascarella earned his Ph.D. in Political Theory at the University of North Texas, and is currently an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Utah State University.

Introduction

Chapter 1: The Problem of the Money-Making Art in Aristotle’s Politics

Chapter 2: Liberating Household Management and Political Life from Money-making

Chapter 3: Choice and the Intellectual Foundations of Politics and Economics

Chapter 4: Choice and the Limits of Self-sufficiency as a Political and Economic End

Chapter 5: Political Philosophy, Pleasure, and the Good Things

Chapter 6: Friendship and the Natural Foundations of Politics and Economics

Chapter 7: Justice, Pleasure, and the Good

Chapter 8: Justice, Economic Exchange, and Friendship

Chapter 9: Economics’ Need for Political Philosophy

Conclusion

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie Economy, Polity, and Society
Verlagsort Lanham, MD
Sprache englisch
Maße 153 x 230 mm
Gewicht 626 g
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik
Wirtschaft Allgemeines / Lexika
Wirtschaft Volkswirtschaftslehre
ISBN-10 1-5381-6632-1 / 1538166321
ISBN-13 978-1-5381-6632-1 / 9781538166321
Zustand Neuware
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