This work argues that a person who does something in ignorance of the consequences acts involuntarily only if he later realizes what he has done, but even then, he bears some responsibility for the ignorance itself.
This work argues that a person who does something in ignorance of the consequences acts involuntarily only if he later realizes what he has done, but even then, he bears some responsibility for the ignorance itself. It outlines five intellectual virtues which govern scientific and everyday reasoning. In this work, virtue is defined as the quality of easily doing what is right, in contrast to mere strength of will, which it calls (*) akrasia. This work refers to practical wisdom as phronesis, and it claims that excellence is "not an act, but a habit." Postulating that man's ultimate goal in life is a form of happiness called eudaimonia, for 10 points, identify this treatise on the good life named after the son of its author, Aristotle.
This work argues that a person who does something in ignorance of the consequences acts involuntarily only if he later realizes what he has done, but even then, he bears some responsibility for the ignorance itself.
Nichomachean Ethics