- Title Pages
- Dedication
- PREFACE
- Abbreviations
- 1 Introduction
- 2. Socrates
- 3 The Cyrenaics
- 4 The Cynics
- 5 Plato
- 6 Aristotle: Happiness
- 7 Aristotle: Nature
- 8 Aristotle: Virtue
- 9 Aristotle: Virtue and Morality
- 10 The Sceptics
- 11 Epicurus
- 12 Stoicism: Action, Passion, and Reason
- 13 Stoicism: Virtue and Happiness
- 14 Christian Theology and Moral Philosophy
- 15 Augustine
- 16 Aquinas: Will
- 17 Aquinas: Action
- 18 Aquinas: Freedom
- 19 Aquinas: The Ultimate End
- 20 Aquinas: Moral Virtue
- 21 Aquinas: Natural Law
- 22 Aquinas: Practical Reason and Prudence
- 23 Aquinas: The Canon of the Virtues
- 24 Aquinas: Sin and Grace
- 25 Scotus: Will, Freedom, and Reason
- 26 Scotus: Virtue and Practical Reason
- 27 Ockham
- 28 Machiavelli
- 29 The Reformation and Scholastic Moral Philosophy
- Bibliography
- Index
Aristotle: Virtue and Morality
Aristotle: Virtue and Morality
- Chapter:
- (p.198) (p.199) 9 Aristotle: Virtue and Morality
- Source:
- The Development of Ethics: Volume 1
- Author(s):
TERENCE IRWIN
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Aristotle formulates an account of the virtues, conceived as states of character; he does not seek primarily to find an account of the different types of actions that a virtuous person chooses. Different claims about the priority of virtues over actions need to be considered. Aristotle's theory of the virtues answers some questions in moral psychology, explaining the connexions between virtue, reason, desire, pleasure, and responsibility. The chapter introduces some of the disagreements in order to identify the features of Aristotle's account that have raised controversies of interpretation and of philosophical assessment. The discussion of Aristotle leads to two things from his account of the virtues: it ought to develop naturalism into a systematic theory of the virtues, and it ought to develop naturalism into a systematic theory of morality.
Keywords: Aristotle, virtues, character, naturalism, morality, moral psychology, reason, pleasure, responsibility
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- Title Pages
- Dedication
- PREFACE
- Abbreviations
- 1 Introduction
- 2. Socrates
- 3 The Cyrenaics
- 4 The Cynics
- 5 Plato
- 6 Aristotle: Happiness
- 7 Aristotle: Nature
- 8 Aristotle: Virtue
- 9 Aristotle: Virtue and Morality
- 10 The Sceptics
- 11 Epicurus
- 12 Stoicism: Action, Passion, and Reason
- 13 Stoicism: Virtue and Happiness
- 14 Christian Theology and Moral Philosophy
- 15 Augustine
- 16 Aquinas: Will
- 17 Aquinas: Action
- 18 Aquinas: Freedom
- 19 Aquinas: The Ultimate End
- 20 Aquinas: Moral Virtue
- 21 Aquinas: Natural Law
- 22 Aquinas: Practical Reason and Prudence
- 23 Aquinas: The Canon of the Virtues
- 24 Aquinas: Sin and Grace
- 25 Scotus: Will, Freedom, and Reason
- 26 Scotus: Virtue and Practical Reason
- 27 Ockham
- 28 Machiavelli
- 29 The Reformation and Scholastic Moral Philosophy
- Bibliography
- Index