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Action and Character According to Aristotle - The Logic of the Moral Life (Paperback)
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Action and Character According to Aristotle - The Logic of the Moral Life (Paperback)
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Aristotle labors under no illusion that in the practical sphere
humans operate according to the canons of logic. This does not
prevent him, however, from bringing his own logical acumen to his
study of human behavior. Aristotle, according to Fr. Flannery,
depicts the way in which human acts of various sorts and in various
combinations determine the logical structure of moral character.
Some moral characters - or character types - manage to incorporate
a high degree of practical consistency; others incorporate less,
without forfeiting their basic orientation towards the good. Still
others approach utter inconsistency or moral deprivation, although
even these, in so far as they are responsible for their actions,
retain a core element of rationality in their souls. According to
Aristotle, moral character depends ultimately upon the structure of
individual acts and upon how they fit together into a whole that is
consistent - or not consistent - with justice and friendship. This
book will appeal to professional scholars and graduate students
with an interest in Aristotle's ethics and in ethics generally. It
proposes comprehensive interpretations of some difficult passages
in Aristotle's two major ethical works ( the Nicomachean Ethics and
the Eudemian Ethics ). It brings to bear upon the analysis of human
behavior passages in Aristotle's logical works and in his Physics.
It also draws connections among areas of particular interest to
contemporary ethics: action theory, the analysis of practical
reason, and virtue ethics.
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