AuthorMoss, Jessica Dawn, 1973-
TitleAristotle on the apparent good [electronic resource] : perception, phantasia, thought, and desire / Jessica Moss
Imprint Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012
Connect tohttp://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199656349.001.0001
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SUMMARY

Aristotle holds that we desire things because they appear good to us - a view still dominant in philosophy now. But what is it for something to appear good? This text argues that the notion of the apparent good is crucial to understanding both Aristotle's psychological theory and his ethics


SUBJECT

  1. Aristotle
  2. Moral motivation