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Há 20 horas · Aristotle considered ethics to be a practical rather than theoretical study, i.e., one aimed at becoming good and doing good rather than knowing for its own sake. He wrote several treatises on ethics, most notably including the Nicomachean Ethics. Aristotle taught that virtue has to do with the proper function (ergon) of a thing.
Há 3 dias · This literature survey will cover three strands of research: (1) studies on the history of virtue ethics, which are mostly concerned with the question of to what extent Aristotle, Hume, Nietzsche, and others can be classified as virtue ethicists avant la lettre; (2) studies on the history of virtue theories, which cast their net a little broader...
Há 1 dia · Here, we use philosophical analysis and neuroscience to show that human beings develop and maintain our world-picture (our sense of what is true, important, and good) through joint attention and action, motivated by friendship, in the Aristotelian sense of “other selves” who share a sense of the true and the good, and desire the good for each other as much as for themselves.
Há 4 dias · With all these caveats in mind, the Aristotelian ethical framework can provide valuable guidance in identifying the relevant normative considerations and determining priorities among them, and it can help us to resist the dominance of influential contemporary ideas that work to make AI technologies a threat to the prospects of ...
Há 3 dias · Unlike many contemporary philosophers, Aquinas presents an integrated account of ethics, human action, virtue, and free will. While some might argue that the philosophy of action is orthogonal to the problem of free will (and vice versa), Aquinas maintains the Aristotelian principle that the objects and operations pertaining to human action disclose the kinds of powers that ground these ...
Há 2 dias · It is important to know that Aristotle focuses on character rather than the morality of the action. “Anyone can become angry —that is easy. But to be angry with the right person, to the right degree, at the right time, for the right purpose, and in the right way —that is not easy” (Aristotle). Based on Aristotle’s view, virtue is not ...
Há 4 dias · For example, within its form, an acorn has the potential to become an oak tree if not interfered with. The change that it is to undergo is contained within the knowledge of its form. This became the basis of Aristotle’s teleology (study and explanation of functions).
