title: The Aristotelian way of life as contemporary moral ontology
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metadata.value: Nikonenko, Sergey V.
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metadata.value: 2017-09-20T15:14:03Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.available
metadata.value: 2017-09-20T15:14:03Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2017-09
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metadata.value: Nikonenko S. V. The Aristotelian way of life as contemporary moral ontology. Vestnik SPbSU. Philosophy and Conflict studies, 2017, vol. 33, issue 3, pp. 326–335.
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metadata.value: 10.21638/11701/spbu17.2017.308
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/7179
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metadata.value: The matter of the article is the study of the concept Aristotelian way of life as the concept of contemporary
  moral ontology. Several moral philosophers are considered: A. Flew, B. Williams, A. Macintyre,
  S. Hampshire, J. L. Mackie, R. M. Hare, etc. According to Flew, moral rationality is only the capacity to
  act and to be responsible in moral way. Moral rationality does not define the essence of moral acts.
  Williams treats Aristotle as a moral anti-realist. Macintyre proposes practical rationality, unlike the
  “theoretical” one, that depends on actions and not only on thoughts. Macintyre thinks that practical
  rationality is changeable in history. He calls the stage of practical rationality a tradition. S. Hampshire’s
  criticism of Aristotelian way of life is considered. He thinks that Aristotle is a founder of moral substantialism.
  The Aristotelian way of life is an ethics of individual perception. Ethical virtues must be
  conscious, but they are not rational in metaphysical sense. Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics is studied in
  the article. There are three main ideas of Aristotle that have been influenced the analytical moral philosophy:
  1. The unity of all the virtues; 2. The practical character of morality; 3. The freedom of individual
  will. Aristotle taken in the mirror of analytic moral philosophy is an adept of practical thinking,
  incompatible with moral rationalism and substantialism. There are main characteristic features of the
  Aristotelian way of life: 1. It is an ethics of individual perception, 2. Individual perception is possible
  only in moral tradition, 3. Ethical virtues must be conscious, but they are not rational in metaphysical
  sense, 4. It is inseparable from analysis of moral actions, 5. It is in some aspects independent of
  language, 6. It is a possible standard of individual eudemonia. Ontology of the Aristotelian way of life
  is criticized here. It is an ontology of individual subject in his connection with tradition. Any practical
  moral rationality and Aristotelian way of life may be fulfilled only in society. Refs 18.
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metadata.value: en
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metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
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metadata.value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. Philosophy and Conflict Studies;Volume 33; Issue 3
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: morality
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: rationality
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: ontology
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: individuality
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: analytical philosophy
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Aristotle
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metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: The Aristotelian way of life as contemporary moral ontology
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metadata.value: Article
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