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The fabric of character : Aristotle's theory of virtue /

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The author argues that traditional conceptions of Aristotelian habituation have ignored the critical role of practical reason in both the development of virtue and the emotions constitutive of virtue. Virtue is, thus, neither the product of mindless drill nor of well-behaved, but ultimately stupid e...

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Main Author: Sherman, Nancy, 1951-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Oxford [England] : New York : Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press, 1989.
Subjects:
Aristotle. > Nicomachean ethics. > English.
Aristote > Morale.
Nicomachean ethics (Aristotle)
Virtue > History.
Character > History.
Vertus > Histoire.
Caractère > Histoire.
History & Surveys.
PHILOSOPHY.
Ethics & Moral Philosophy.
Character
Virtue
Ethiek.
Deugden.
Persoonlijkheid.
Ethics > Theories of Aristotle, 384-322 B.C.
Electronic books.
History
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:The author argues that traditional conceptions of Aristotelian habituation have ignored the critical role of practical reason in both the development of virtue and the emotions constitutive of virtue. Virtue is, thus, neither the product of mindless drill nor of well-behaved, but ultimately stupid emotions.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiv, 213 pages)
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:9780191598395
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0198239173
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