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Aristotle on Prohairesis

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Title Aristotle on Prohairesis
 
Creator Liu, Wei
 
Subject Philosophy
Aristotle, prohairesis (decision); boulēsis (wish); bouleusis (deliberation)
 
Description Prohairesis plays a central role in Aristotle's moral psychology. It is prohairesis that determines an action to be rational, that provides the proximate efficient or moving cause of rational action, and that better reveals one's character than the action itself. This paper will discuss (1) Aristotle's shifted emphases when speaking of prohairesis in different ethical treatises; (2) Aristotle's pursuit of the nature of prohairesis and his special argumentative strategy in dealing with prohairesis; (3) the structure, i.e., the desiderative and deliberative components of prohairesis; and will conclude with some remarks about the significance of prohairesis. 
 
Publisher Axia Academic Publishers
 
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Date 2016-12-30
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer-reviewed Article
Philosophic-Historical Approach
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://www.axiapublishers.com/ojs/index.php/labyrinth/article/view/47
10.25180/lj.v18i2.47
 
Source Labyrinth; Vol 18, No 2 (2016): Praxis, Virtues, and Values: The Legacies of Aristotle; 50-74
1561-8927
2410-4817
10.25180/lj.v18i2
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://www.axiapublishers.com/ojs/index.php/labyrinth/article/view/47/49
urn:nbn:de:101:1-201706098381
 
Coverage Greek Philosophy
Ancient Philosophy
Continental Philosophy
 
Rights Copyright (c) 2016 Wei Liu
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0