Prichard's Heresy

• Published in: Philosophy (London) Vol. 86; no. 4; pp. 503 - 524
• Main Author: Berkovski, Sandy
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 01.10.2011
• Subjects: Aristotelean ethics; Aristotelianism; Aristotle; Aristotle (384-322 BC); Courage; Ethics; Gratification; Happiness; Hedonism; Heresy; Nobility; Philosophers; Philosophical logics. Philosophy of language; Philosophy; Pleasure; Rabbits; Theory of values and moral philosophy; Theory of values and moral philosophy. Philosophy of action; Chicago Illinois; Israel; Tel Aviv Israel; United States > US; Happiness; Nicomachean Ethics; Logical Analysis; Argument; Prichard (H. A.); Aristotle
• ISSN: 0031-8191; 1469-817X
• DOI: 10.1017/S0031819111000350

H. A. Prichard ascribed to Aristotle a form of closeted hedonism. Aristotle allegedly misunderstood his own task: while his avowed goal in Nicomachean Ethics is to give an account of the nature of happiness, his real goal must be to offer an account of the factors most efficiently generating happine...