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 books 3 and 7 of the voluntary and involuntary, what counts as compulsion, how compulsion removes or mitigates moral responsibility, and how the state Aristotle calls "brutality" can function similarly to compulsion.

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Broadcast on:

29 Dec 2022