Nicomachean Ethics of Aristotle Essay by The Research Group
Nicomachean Ethics of Aristotle
Examines concepts of moral habit & responsibility, virtue, choice, happiness, ethical action and in sociopolitical context.
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| 2,250 words
| 1 source
| 1997
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on Jun 21, 2003
in
Literature
(Greek and Roman)
, Philosophy
(Ancient Greek)
, Ethics
(General)
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"The purpose of this research is to examine Aristotle's account of moral habituation and responsibility as articulated in the Nicomachean Ethics. The plan of the research will be to set forth the context in which Aristotle's description of private virtue and social responsibility emerges, and then to discuss Aristotle's reasons for claiming that the habits of moral excellence (virtue) are formed in childhood on one hand and how that view can be reconciled with the view that virtue involves choice on the other.To appreciate Aristotle's explanation of virtue and responsibility as aspects of ethics, it is first necessary to realize the world view from which that explanation arises. Aristotle views ethics as a so-called practical science, which is to say that ethics is something that has application to real life beyond.."
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