Video And Podcast Resources on Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics books 3-5

21 lecture videos and 21 podcast episodes to help learners understand the second quarter of this key ancient work

Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics is a text I frequently teach in my classes. That has been the case since I first began teaching college classes 25 years ago. I’ve assigned at least portions of text in classes ranging from Introduction To Philosophy, Ethics, Philosophy of Human Nature, Ancient Philosophy, and Philosophy, Mindfulness, and Life. I assign it routinely because it is really an excellent work well worth grappling with in the course of one’s education.

I’ve created core concept videos discussing in depth every idea, distinction, and argument from all ten books of the Nicomachean Ethics. I’ve also created corresponding Sadler’s Lectures podcast episodes from those videos. Many people have found them to be useful resources for fostering and furthering their own understanding of this classic text.

The 21 lecture videos and 21 corresponding podcast episodes linked to below lead you through roughly the second quarter of the text, covering all of the topics in the second part of book 3, and the entirety of books 4 and 5. Those portions of the text provide detailed analyses of each of the virtues and opposed videos Aristotle discusses, and an entire book devoted to the different senses of the virtue of justice.

So if you’d like to study Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics, whether for the very first time as a beginner, or going back to it to deepen your understanding, these lecture videos and podcast episodes might prove useful for you.

Book 3 (chapters 6-12)

• The Virtue Of Courage | watch video | listen to podcast

• Five States Similar To Courage | watch video | listen to podcast

• The Virtue Of Temperance | watch video | listen to podcast

Book 4

• The Virtue Of Mildness or Good Temper | watch video | listen to podcast

• The Virtue Of Liberality or Generosity | watch video | listen to podcast

• The Virtue Of Magnificence | watch video | listen to podcast

• The Virtue Of Right Ambition | watch video | listen to podcast

• The Virtue Of Magnanimity | watch video | listen to podcast

• The Virtue Of Friendliness | watch video | listen to podcast

• The Virtue Of Truthfulness | watch video | listen to podcast

• The Virtue Of Good Humor | watch video | listen to podcast

• The Mean State of Shame or Modesty | watch video | listen to podcast

Book 5

• Six Types Of Justice | watch video | listen to podcast

• Unjust Actions & Injustice as a Vice | watch video | listen to podcast

• Legal Justice | watch video | listen to podcast

• Justice As Complete Virtue | watch video | listen to podcast

• Particular Justice In Distribution | watch video | listen to podcast

• Particular Justice In Rectification | watch video | listen to podcast

• Particular Justice In Reciprocity | watch video | listen to podcast

• Justice As Equity | watch video | listen to podcast

• Can One Do Injustice To Oneself? | watch video | listen to podcast

I will be publishing additional similar resource pages with links to videos and podcast episodes on other portions of Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics, focused on different books of the work. I hope you find these particular 21 lecture videos and 21 podcast episodes useful for your own studies.