Jan 9, 2009
Aristotle’s ethical theory is contained in two works: the Nicomachean Ethics and the Eudemian Ethics. The Nicomachean Ethics is later and more comprehensive than the Eudemian Ethics, and has been studied far more. A third book sometimes attributed to Aristotle, the Magna Moralia, is probably not authentic.
Aristotle’s ethical theory was conditioned by his training as a biologist. He observed that every living thing tends to develop into a mature specimen of its kind that may be either healthy and flourishing or somehow...
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