Vice in the Nicomachean Ethics

This paper aims to articulate Aristotle's general account of vice, an account that applies to all special vices, regardless of their spheres of action and emotion, and whether they are states of excess or deficiency. Vice is ignorance in the decision (ἡ ἐν τῇ προαιρέσει ἄγνοια): the paper expla...

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Published in	Phronesis (Leiden, Netherlands) Vol. 62; no. 1; pp. 1 - 25
Main Author	Nielsen, Karen Margrethe
Format	Journal Article
Language	English
Published	The Netherlands Brill 01.01.2017 BRILL
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Summary:	This paper aims to articulate Aristotle's general account of vice, an account that applies to all special vices, regardless of their spheres of action and emotion, and whether they are states of excess or deficiency. Vice is ignorance in the decision (ἡ ἐν τῇ προαιρέσει ἄγνοια): the paper explains what this means.
ISSN:	0031-8868 1568-5284 0031-8868
DOI:	10.1163/15685284-12341317