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eudaimonia virtues egoism Socrates Klosko Nakhnikian Rudebusch IrwinSujets proches
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Diana Hoyos Valdés, « Socrates on Egoism. Does he say we should be virtuous and egoists? », Co-herencia, ID : 10670/1.pkav49
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In this paper I address the issue whether Socratic eudaimonia entails egoism. It is, whether according to Socrates' view a man who acts having his happiness as final criteria for his acts is an egoist. This view seems to be in contradiction with what we commonly think a moral theory must say. I gather previous attempts to answer this question in two big groups: formalists and substantivists, based on their general objectives. I argue that the second kind of approach is more effective because it tries to see and interpret Socratic theory as a whole and make it more coherent. It takes Socrates as providing a theory of human motivation to act in which the agent seeks his happiness, but in which friendship, love, and justice play a fundamental role.