
HoP 046 - Dominic Scott on Aristotle's Ethics
History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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Aristotle's Moral Virtue Is a Matter of Habituation
Aristotle thinks that ethical virtue is a matter of habituation, so if i somehow set up my city in such a way that people will be raised to be habituated preferring and enjoying the right kinds of activities, then they'll become virtuous. There's a problem about this word habituation, at least to me, initially it sounds like unreflective habit forming lieu your teeth. So can youlet s elevate that, and is that really plausible?
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