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From Natural Character to Moral Virtue in Aristotle (Hardcover)
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From Natural Character to Moral Virtue in Aristotle (Hardcover)
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From Natural Character to Moral Virtue in Aristotle discusses
Aristotle's biological views about character and the importance of
what he calls 'natural character traits' for the development of
moral virtue as presented in his ethical treatises. The aim is to
provide a new, comprehensive account of the physiological
underpinnings of moral development and thereby to show, first, that
Aristotle's ethical theories do not exhaust his views about
character as has traditionally been assumed, and, second, that his
treatment of natural character in the biological treatises provides
the conceptual and ideological foundation for his views about
habituation as developed in his ethics. Author Mariska Leunissen
takes seriously Aristotle's-often ignored-claim that nature is one
of the factors through which men become 'good and capable of fine
deeds'. Part I ('The Physiology of Natural Character') analyzes, in
three chapters, Aristotle's notion of natural character as it is
developed in the biological treatises and its role in moral
development, especially as it affects women and certain
'barbarians'-groups who are typically left out of accounts of
Aristotle's ethics. Leunissen also discuss its relevance for our
understanding of physiognomical ideas in Aristotle. Part II ('The
Physiology of Moral Development) explores the psychophysical
changes in body and soul one is required to undergo in the process
of acquiring moral virtues. It includes a discussion of Aristotle's
eugenic views, of his identification of habituation as a form of
human perfection, and of his claims about the moral deficiencies of
women that link them to his beliefs about their biological
imperfections.
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