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- Continence is a prerequisite to virtue, and incontinence is an impediment to it. The person who is “incontinent” lacks self-restraint or mastery over one’s nonrational desires. Such a person might have the ability to deliberate and reach a prudent decision, but still acts according to one’s nonrational appetites.
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Within Aristotle’s ethical theory, continence or self-control (ἐγκράτεια) is the good but neglected sister of incontinence or lack of self-control (ἀκρασία). Incontinence must be the most discussed of all subsidiary topics within his ethics.
Discusses Aristotle's limitation of incontinence proper to the field of temperance, temptation by noble ends, the nature of incontinent ignorance, and what it is to use one's practical knowledge. Keywords: Aristotle, ignorance, incontinence, noble ends, practical knowledge, temperance, temptation.
The many become generous-minded; the generous-minded become incontinent; and the incontinent become continent by performing virtuous acts prompted by (1) threat of punishment, (2) shame, and (3) remorse, respectively. The continent become naturally virtuous by (4) listening to the right music.
Jan 8, 2015 · The Journal of Ethics - The harmony thesis claims that a virtuous agent will not experience inner conflict or pain when acting. The continent agent, on the other hand, is conflicted or pained when...
- Nicholas Schroeder
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- 2015
How is incontinence possible? How can someone person both (i) know that what he does is wrong and (ii) do it? According to Socrates (in, for example, the dialogue Protagoras), incontinence is impossible. If someone does what is wrong, he does it only by reason of ignorance.
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Aristotle use the terms virtue, continence, incontinence, and vice in order to account for diverse attitudes present in individuals when confronted with ethical dilemmas. "Virtue" is an excellence of the soul that helps one to achieve complete harmony between one's reasoning and desires.
Sep 16, 2008 · My aim is to argue that virtue is continence: the virtuous person (VP) must have the ability to recognize the appeal of non-virtuous actions. The discussion focuses on John McDowell’s Socratic conception of the VP, which sharply contrasts virtue and continence (McDowell 1998h ).
