The Philosophical Review · 1988 · 123 citations · 0 references
HumanitiesPhilosophyEthicsModern PhilosophyAristotelian PhilosophyChristian EthicsMoral PhilosophyMoral VirtueNormative EthicsVirtue EthicsAristotelian MetaphysicsDoctrine Of VirtueEthical VirtueNicomachean Ethics
A straightforward application on the Doctrine of the Mean to the case of temperance, such as Aristotle offers in Eudemian Ethics III.2, does not do justice to the problems the virtue raises, problems that he sees clearly and effectively addresses in Nicomachean Ethics III.10-12.