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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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Book data: Open Library