THE OBJECTIVITY IN THE INQUIRY OF THE CHIEF GOOD: A CHARACTERISTIC OF THE GOOD STUDENT OF THE NICOMACHEAN ETHICS

Authors

  • Priscilla Tesch Spinelli UFRGS

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5216/phi.v19i2.32059

Keywords:

Objectivity, Ethics, Aristotle, Moral Virtue.

Abstract

This paper aims to show how and why the commitment to objectivity is a characteristic of the good student as described in Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics. Therefore, it attempts to provide at least one justification for the Aristotelian requirement of good habits as a precondition to follow his ethical lessons. As will be seen, such habits are somehow responsible for engendering the commitment to objectivity. Engaging in virtuous activity provides students with experience in what is really living well and thus provides the proper perspective from which they will be able to correctly judge arguments concerning the good life for human beings.

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Author Biography

Priscilla Tesch Spinelli, UFRGS

Licenciada, Bacharela, Mestre e Doutora pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul.
Volume Atual: Dossiê de Filosofia Antiga

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Published

2015-01-12

How to Cite

SPINELLI, Priscilla Tesch. THE OBJECTIVITY IN THE INQUIRY OF THE CHIEF GOOD: A CHARACTERISTIC OF THE GOOD STUDENT OF THE NICOMACHEAN ETHICS. Philósophos a journal of philosophy, Goiânia, v. 19, n. 2, p. 195–220, 2015. DOI: 10.5216/phi.v19i2.32059. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/philosophos/article/view/32059. Acesso em: 5 dec. 2025.

Issue

Vol. 19 No. 2 (2014): Dossiê de Filosofia Antiga

Section

Dossiê de Artigos Originais

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