Constraint and ignorance in Aristotle’s theory of the voluntary act

Authors

  • Daniel Simão Nascimento Universidade Federal de Pelotas / Pós-Doutorando

Keywords:

Aristotle, Voluntary, Responsibility, Constraint

Abstract

This article presents an account of the two criteria provided by Aristotle to separate voluntary actions from the rest as well as of his analysis of the mixed and non-voluntary actions and of what should be. This account focuses on the Nicomachean Ethics (NE) and mentions the Eudemian Ethics (EE) only sparingly. We can say we have acted involuntarily or non-voluntarily only if we have been constrained to suffer something or have brought something about by accident.

Author Biography

Daniel Simão Nascimento, Universidade Federal de Pelotas / Pós-Doutorando

Possui graduac?a?o em Histo?ria pela Universidade Federal Fluminense (1999­-2003) Concluiu o mestrado (2005­2007) em Filosofia Contempora?nea ­ sob a orientac?a?o do prof. Paulo Ce?sar Duque Estrada ­ e o doutorado (2009­-2013) em Filosofia Antiga ­ sob a orientac?a?o da prof. Maura Igle?sias ­ pela Pontifi?cia Universidade Cato?lica do Rio de Janeiro. Foi bolsista CAPES de doutorado sandui?che na Universidade Paris 1 (Panthe?on Sorbonne) sob a supervisa?o da prof. Annick Jaulin. Atualmente, e? po?s­doutorando (2013­*) em filosofia na Universidade Federal de Pelotas (UFPEL) onde desenvolve uma pesquisa sobre o conceito de lei em Aristo?teles e Hannah Arendt. Suas principais a?reas de atuac?a?o sa?o e?tica e filosofia poli?tica, tendo especial interesse no peri?odo cla?ssico da filosofia grega.

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2017-04-06

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No. 38 (2017)

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