The University of Notre Dame Press is proud to announce that Arthur Madigan’s Contemporary Aristotelian Ethics has been selected as one of Choice Magazine’s Outstanding Academic Titles for 2024. This award is given annually to books for masterful scholarship and presentation, originality in the treatment of their subject, and exceptional contributions to their field. Only three percent of the nearly 13,000 books reviewed by Choice receive this prestigious award.
In Contemporary Aristotelian Ethics, Madigan concludes that the most pressing problems in contemporary moral philosophy can be addressed using the Aristotelian tradition. Furthermore, he argues that the Aristotelian tradition does not speak with one voice. He demonstrates that Aristotelian moral philosophy is divided on important issues, such as the value of liberal modernity, the character and provenance of our current moral landscape, and the role of nature in Aristotle’s ethics.
Through his examination of MacIntyre, Nussbaum, and Spaemann—three of the twentieth century’s most influential proponents of Aristotle’s moral philosophy—Madigan offers a vision for the future of Aristotelian moral philosophy, urging today’s philosophers to set a clear educational agenda, to continue refining their concepts and intuitions, and to engage with new conversation partners from other philosophical traditions.
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