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Introduction
Aristotle believed that ethical knowledge is not certain knowledge (like metaphysics and epistemology) but is general knowledge. Because it is not a theoretical discipline, he thought a person must have "experience of the actions in life" and have been "brought up in fine habits" in order to become good (NE 1095a3 and b5). If a person were to become virtuous, he could not simply study what virtue is, he had to actually do virtuous activities.
| “ | We are not studying in order to know what virtue is, but to become good, for otherwise there would be no profit in it. (NE 2.2) | ” |
- Introduction
- Aristotle's ethics
- Three ethical treatises
- Influences of earlier Greek ethical systems
- Influence on later thinkers
- Further reading
- References
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