Book contents
- Plato’s Moral Realism
- Plato’s Moral Realism
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- Chapter 2 The Idea of the Good
- Chapter 3 Virtue, Knowledge, and the Good
- Chapter 4 Socratic versus Platonic Ethics?
- Chapter 5 Moral Responsibility
- Chapter 6 Philebus and Statesman
- Chapter 7 Morality, Religion, and Politics
- Chapter 8 Concluding Remarks
- Bibliography
- Index Locorum
- General Index
Chapter 8 - Concluding Remarks
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 July 2023
- Plato’s Moral Realism
- Plato’s Moral Realism
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- Chapter 2 The Idea of the Good
- Chapter 3 Virtue, Knowledge, and the Good
- Chapter 4 Socratic versus Platonic Ethics?
- Chapter 5 Moral Responsibility
- Chapter 6 Philebus and Statesman
- Chapter 7 Morality, Religion, and Politics
- Chapter 8 Concluding Remarks
- Bibliography
- Index Locorum
- General Index
Summary
In this concluding chapter, I bring together the main themes of the book, focusing on the primacy of the Idea of the Good and its universality. I make some concluding remarks on the tensions that arise for the conflation of Plato’s moral realism and politics.
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- Plato's Moral Realism , pp. 223 - 227Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023