Aristotle on the Necessity of Habituation: Re-Reading Nicomachean Ethics 2.4
Abstract In Nicomachean Ethics 2.4 Aristotle raises a puzzle about moral habituation. Scholars take the puzzle to concern how a learner could perform virtuous actions, given the assumption that virtue is prior to virtuous action. I argue, instead, that Aristotle is concerned to defend the necessity...
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| Medienart: | Elektronisch Aufsatz |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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2021
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Phronesis
Jahr: 2021, Band: 66, Heft: 1, Seiten: 1-26 |
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B Agency B Aporia B Virtue B Habituation B Aristotle |
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| Zusammenfassung: | Abstract In Nicomachean Ethics 2.4 Aristotle raises a puzzle about moral habituation. Scholars take the puzzle to concern how a learner could perform virtuous actions, given the assumption that virtue is prior to virtuous action. I argue, instead, that Aristotle is concerned to defend the necessity of practice, given the assumption that virtue is reducible to virtuous action. |
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| ISSN: | 1568-5284 |
| Enthält: | Enthalten in: Phronesis
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15685284-BJA10032 |
