From natural character to moral virtue in Aristotle / Mariska Leunissen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Leunissen, Mariska, 1979- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aristotle.

Moral development.

Virtue.

Biology.

Character.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxxii, 216 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2017]

Summary:

This text discusses Aristotle's biological views about 'natural character traits' and their importance for moral development. It provides a new, comprehensive account of the physiological underpinnings of moral development and shows that the biological account of natural character provides the conceptual and ideological foundation for Aristotle's ethical views about habituation.

Contents:

List of Tables; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Abbreviations; Part I The Physiology and Science of Natural Character; Chapter 1 The Physiology of Natural Character; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 A Well-​Mixed Natural Character and the Ease of Habituation; 1.3 The Relation among Natural Character, Blood, and Material Nature; 1.4 Human Physiology, Blood, and Natural Character; Chapter 2 Changing Natural Character; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 The Influence of Diet, Aging, and Disease on Natural Character; 2.3 The Influence of Environmental Factors on Natural Character; 2.4 Some Moral Implications of Aristotle's Views about Natural Character; Chapter 3 The Science of Natural Character; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Aristotle's Familiarity with the Science of Physiognomy; 3.3 Physiognomy in Aristotle's Prior Analytics; 3.4 Physiognomy in Aristotle's Biological Treatises; Part II The Physiology of Moral Development; Chapter 4 Eugenics and the Production of Good Natural Character; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 The Production of Male Offspring with "Good" Bodies and Characters in the Ideal City; 4.3 The Moral Advantages and Heredity of "Good Birth" and "Natural Talent"4.4 A Biological Account of the Heritability of Natural Character; Chapter 5 Perfection and the Psychophysical Process of Habituation; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 The Acquisition of Character Virtue in Physics VII 3; 5.3 Perfection and the Psychophysical Process of Habituation in the Ethical Treatises; 5.4 A Psychophysical Account of Habituation Based on Physics VII 3; Chapter 6 The Natural Character and Moral Deficiencies of Women; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 The Generation of Women and Their Biological Imperfections Relative to Men; 6.3 From Natural Character to the Virtue of Assistants in Women; 6.4 A Psychophysical Account of the Moral Deficiencies in Women; Chapter 7 Conclusion; Bibliography; Index-Rerum; Index-Locorum

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2017.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version :

ISBN:

0-19-068300-7

0-19-060223-6

0-19-060222-8