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Moral Psychology and Human Action in Aristotle Michael Pakaluk (Ave Maria University and Institute for the Psychological Sciences)

Moral Psychology and Human Action in Aristotle By Michael Pakaluk (Ave Maria University and Institute for the Psychological Sciences)

Moral Psychology and Human Action in Aristotle by Michael Pakaluk (Ave Maria University and Institute for the Psychological Sciences)


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Both Aristotle and moral psychology have been flourishing areas of philosophical inquiry in recent years. This volume aims to bring the two streams of research together, offering fresh Aristotelian insights into moral psychology and philosophy of action, and applying philosophical sensibility to the reading of Aristotelian texts.

Moral Psychology and Human Action in Aristotle Summary

Moral Psychology and Human Action in Aristotle by Michael Pakaluk (Ave Maria University and Institute for the Psychological Sciences)

Both Aristotle and moral psychology have been flourishing areas of philosophical inquiry in recent years. This volume aims to bring the two streams of research together, offering a fresh infusion of Aristotelian insights into moral psychology and philosophy of action, and the application of developed philosophical sensibility as regards the reading of Aristotelian texts. The contributors offer stimulating new examinations of Aristotle's understanding of the various psychological states, dispositions, processes, and acts - including reasoning and deliberation - that contribute to the understanding of human action and its ethical appraisal.

Moral Psychology and Human Action in Aristotle Reviews

a terrific addition to the literature on Aristotle's practical philosophy ... The essays in Moral Psychology and Human Action in Aristotle deserve to be widely read and discussed by students and experts both inside and outside ancient philosophy. Buy it, read it and be inspired! * Karen Margrethe Nielsen, Polis *

About Michael Pakaluk (Ave Maria University and Institute for the Psychological Sciences)

Michael Pakaluk is Professor of Philosophy at Ave Maria University and Adjunct Reseatch Scholar at the Institute for Psychological Sciences in Arlington, VA Giles Pearson is a Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Bristol.

Table of Contents

Introduction ; 1. Pleasure as an Activity in the Nicomachean Ethics ; 2. Aristotle's Theory of the Emotions: Emotions as Pleasures and Pains ; 3. Desire in Action: Aristotle's Move ; 4. Aristotle and Scanlon on Desire and Motivation ; 5. Phantasia in De Motu Animalium ; 6. Aristotle on the Ends of Deliberation ; 7. Deliberation and Choice in Aristotle ; 8. Acrasia: the Rest of the Story? ; 9. Mixed Actions and Double Effect ; 10. Acquiring Character: Becoming Grown Up ; 11. Aristotle on Responsibility for One's Character ; Bibliography ; Index of names

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NPB9780199546541
9780199546541
0199546541
Moral Psychology and Human Action in Aristotle by Michael Pakaluk (Ave Maria University and Institute for the Psychological Sciences)
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Hardback
Oxford University Press
2011-02-24
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