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A New Stoicism - Revised Edition (Paperback, Revised edition)
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A New Stoicism - Revised Edition (Paperback, Revised edition)
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What would stoic ethics be like today if stoicism had survived as a
systematic approach to ethical theory, and if it had coped
successfully with the challenges of modern philosophy and
experimental science? What would stoic ethics be like today if
stoicism had survived as a systematic approach to ethical theory,
if it had coped successfully with the challenges of modern
philosophy and experimental science? A New Stoicism proposes an
answer to that question, offered from within the stoic tradition
but without the metaphysical and psychological assumptions that
modern philosophy and science have abandoned. Lawrence Becker
argues that a secular version of the stoic ethical project, based
on contemporary cosmology and developmental psychology, provides
the basis for a sophisticated form of ethical naturalism, in which
virtually all the hard doctrines of the ancient Stoics can be
clearly restated and defended. Becker argues, in keeping with the
ancients, that virtue is one thing, not many; that it, and not
happiness, is the proper end of all activity; that it alone is
good, all other things being merely rank-ordered relative to each
other for the sake of the good; and that virtue is sufficient for
happiness. Moreover, he rejects the popular caricature of the stoic
as a grave figure, emotionally detached and capable mainly of
endurance, resignation, and coping with pain. To the contrary, he
holds that while stoic sages are able to endure the extremes of
human suffering, they do not have to sacrifice joy to have that
ability, and he seeks to turn our attention from the familiar,
therapeutic part of stoic moral training to a reconsideration of
its theoretical foundations.
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