The Invention of Duty: Stoicism as Deontology /

The Invention of Duty: Stoicism as Deontology /

"Did the ancient Greeks and Romans have a concept of moral duty? Jack Visnjic seeks to settle this long-standing controversy in The Invention of Duty: Stoicism as Deontology. The traditional view of ancient ethics is that it was built on notions of virtue and human flourishing and not on any se...

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Main Author: Visnjic, Jack (Author)

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden; Boston : BRILL, 2021.

Series: Philosophia Antiqua ; 157.
Classical Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2021, ISBN: 9789004441040.

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Philosophy, Ancient.

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Call Number: B659.D472

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Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Diagrams
  • Abbreviations
  • Note to the Reader
  • Introduction
  • 1 The Birth of a Concept
  • 1 How to Say "Duty" in Ancient Greek
  • 2 The Original Meaning of Kathêkon
  • 3 Activities Prescribed by Nature
  • 4 Zeno's "Etymology" of Kathêkon
  • 5 Final Remarks about Translating Kathêkon
  • 2 Rules Are for Fools
  • 1 The Nature of the Evidence
  • 2 Are Kathêkonta Rules?
  • 3 The Disturbing Theses
  • 4 Duties in Dire Circumstances
  • 5 How Duties Change
  • 6 Variations of the No-Rules Interpretation
  • 7 Reconstructing the Typology of Kathêkonta
  • 8 Conclusion
  • 3 A Formula for Action
  • 1 In Search of a Stoic Method of Deliberation
  • 2 Cicero's Formula
  • 3 Seneca's Formula
  • 4 What about Epictetus and Marcus Aurelius?
  • 5 Conclusion
  • 4 Discovering Duty
  • 1 The Deliberator's Toolkit: Kanones and Regulae
  • 2 Where Does the Formula Come In?
  • 3 Taking Guidance from Roles
  • 4 How Roles, Regulae, and the Formula Work Together
  • 5 Conclusion
  • 5 Kant and the Stoics
  • 1 On the Various Approaches to Studying Kant's Stoic Influences
  • 2 How Much Ancient Philosophy Did Kant Know?
  • 3 Kant and the Stoics on the Will and Practical Reason
  • 4 Kant and the Stoics on Happiness
  • 5 Conclusion
  • 6 Kant and Kathêkon
  • 1 Two Types of Dutiful Actions
  • 2 Maxims vs. Dogmata
  • 3 The Categorical Imperative
  • 4 The Formula of Humanity
  • 5 Conclusion
  • Afterword
  • Appendix 1: Determining the Meaning of Kathêkon
  • Appendix 2: New Translations of Key Passages
  • Bibliography
  • Index.