John C. Davies
Abstract
The article examines the place of reason in Aristotle’s ethics and considers some aspects of his theory which suggest that the rationalist’s tendency to ≪spotlight≫ the importance of reason over feeling leads to a mistaken attempt to ≪justify≫ ethics in a way inconsistent with his own first principles.
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The article examines the place of reason in Aristotle’s ethics and considers some aspects of his theory which suggest that the rationalist’s tendency to ≪spotlight≫ the importance of reason over feeling leads to a mistaken attempt to ≪justify≫ ethics in a way inconsistent with his own first principles.
Key concepts: Epistemology, Feeling, Philosophy, Normative ethics, Meta-ethics, Ethical theory, Sociology, Environmental ethics