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Achtenberg, Deborah. Cognition of Value in Aristotle's Ethics: Promise of Enrichment, Threat of Destruction.(Book Review)

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From: The Review of Metaphysics
Date: 20040601
Author:Pang-White, Ann A.

ACHTENBERG, Deborah. Cognition of Value in Aristotle's Ethics: Promise of Enrichment, Threat of Destruction. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2002. xiv + 218 pp. Cloth, $62.50; paper, $20.95--This book is based on arguments presented in Achtenberg's 1982 doctoral dissertation and several of her recent articles. In this book, Achtenberg forcefully and convincingly argues that a crucial connection exists between Aristotle's metaphysics and ethics and that Aristotle's ethics can be read on two levels--"in terms of its imprecise but fully justified claims," or "in terms of ...

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