This lecture discusses key ideas from the ancient philosopher Aristotle's work of moral theory, the Nicomachean Ethics.

Specifically it focuses focuses on his discussion in book 3 of a key ethical matter, moral or deliberative choice (prohairesis), discussed in book 3.

Choice is intimately connected with character, virtues and vices, and what kind of a person one turns out to be. For Aristotle, it also involves deliberation about means for ends, and provides an important junction connecting a person's affective or desirous side and a person's rational or intellectual side. Choice is also a sub-section of the category of the "voluntary" for Aristotle, so it bears important implications for the distinction between the voluntary and the involuntary.

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Broadcast on:

01 Jan 2023