Aristotle on virtue and understanding : how his theory is intellectualist and why it matters for contemporary education
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- Aristotle's understanding of the moral psychology and decision-making of the morally good person is more intellectualist than commentators tend to think. The morally good person must have a complete understanding of the value and structure of virtue. Drawing on a number of under-studied texts and concepts in Aristotle's corpus, I argue that this intellectualism lies at the heart of his ethical theory and cannot be excised with ease. Recognizing the centrality of moral intellectualism to Aristotle's theory of practical wisdom has direct consequences for contemporary theorists who wish to defend an Aristotelian theory of ethics or civic education.
Description
| Type of resource | text |
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| Form | electronic; electronic resource; remote |
| Extent | 1 online resource. |
| Publication date | 2015 |
| Issuance | monographic |
| Language | English |
Creators/Contributors
| Associated with | Miller, Benjamin |
|---|---|
| Associated with | Stanford University, Department of Philosophy. |
| Primary advisor | Bobonich, Christopher |
| Thesis advisor | Bobonich, Christopher |
| Thesis advisor | Callan, Eamonn |
| Thesis advisor | Code, Alan Dodd, 1951- |
| Thesis advisor | Ober, Josiah |
| Advisor | Callan, Eamonn |
| Advisor | Code, Alan Dodd, 1951- |
| Advisor | Ober, Josiah |
Subjects
| Genre | Theses |
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Bibliographic information
| Statement of responsibility | Benjamin Miller. |
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| Note | Submitted to the Department of Philosophy. |
| Thesis | Thesis (Ph.D.)--Stanford University, 2015. |
| Location | electronic resource |
Access conditions
- Copyright
- © 2015 by Benjamin M Miller
- License
- This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 3.0 Unported license (CC BY-NC).
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