The Relativity of Moral Virtue in Aristotle’s Ethics - Focusing on His Doctrine of the Mean

• Published in: 윤리연구, 1(122) pp. 27 - 49
• Main Author: 김도형
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 한국윤리학회 01.11.2018
• Subjects: 학제간연구

According to Aristotle, morally virtuous person chooses and practices ‘what is mean’ well amongst actions and affections. It seems that the action(praxis) and affection(pathos) chosen and practiced by a person of morally virtuous character are what he means by the expression ‘the mean relative to us...