Abstract
AbstractChapter 8 explores the actual and potential contribution of Stoic thinking on development and guidance to modern thought. In modern virtue ethics, Stoicism provides an approach centred on the idea of development in adult life, which provides an alternative to the Aristotelian approach, centred on childhood development. Stoicism also has much to offer on ethical guidance, a topic largely missing in Aristotle. Stoicism has already had a powerful effect on contemporary life-guidance directed at a broad public audience, as illustrated by the work of the organization ‘Modern Stoicism’. The impact of Stoicism in this area suggests that it also has the potential to make a strong contribution to modern ethical theory on ethical guidance.
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Oxford University PressOxford
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