Moral Psychology and Human Action in Aristotle

Michael Pakaluk is Professor of Philosophy at Ave Maria University and Adjunct Reseatch Scholar at the Institute for Psychological Sciences in Arlington, VA Giles Pearson is a Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Bristol.

• Introduction ; 1. Pleasure as an Activity in the Nicomachean Ethics ; 2. Aristotle's Theory of the Emotions: Emotions as Pleasures and Pains ; 3. Desire in Action: Aristotle's Move ; 4. Aristotle and Scanlon on Desire and Motivation ; 5. Phantasia in De Motu Animalium ; 6. Aristotle on the Ends of Deliberation ; 7. Deliberation and Choice in Aristotle ; 8. Acrasia: the Rest of the Story? ; 9. Mixed Actions and Double Effect ; 10. Acquiring Character: Becoming Grown Up ; 11. Aristotle on Responsibility for One's Character ; Bibliography ; Index of names

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