Aristotle on the Apparent Good
by Jessica Moss
AristotleMotivation (psychology)Moral motivationPleasurePerception (Philosophy)Ethics
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.
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