PHI 208 Week 4 Aristotle Discussion 4.2, philosophy homework help
PHI 208 Week 4 Aristotle Discussion 4.2, philosophy homework help
Aristotle
claims that virtuous action is done “with knowledge” (Bk II, chapter
4), which is usually taken to mean that the virtuous person has an
understanding of why what they are doing is good, as opposed to doing
the good thing but not really understanding what makes it good, or
simply doing the good thing out of custom or because that’s what one was
told to do. Is Aristotle right to put this condition on virtuous
behavior? Is there a difference between someone who does the right
thing with knowledge, and someone who does it out of custom or habit or
because that’s what they were told to do? Be sure to reference either
Hill or Robinson, as well as Aristotle, in addressing the prompt.
