mozhgan mohammadi; malek hoseini; Parviz Zia Shahabi
Abstract
The relation between moral life and pleasure and pain is one of the most important philosophical questions. do the moral person necessarily enjoy more pleasure in his life and his moral ...
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The relation between moral life and pleasure and pain is one of the most important philosophical questions. do the moral person necessarily enjoy more pleasure in his life and his moral practice? Or not. The relation between moral states and pleasures is complex in Aristotle's philosophy. According to our understanding of him, moral life is not necessarily enjoyable; but this does not mean there is not any relationship between morality and pleasure and pain. For Aristotle, moral states are in the realm of pleasure and pain, and pleasure is the result of moral action, that is, the goodness of an action is not because of it’s pleasurable, unlike, an action is pleasurable because of it’s goodness. This means that one is for the sake of pleasure and avoidance of pain, which does bad actions, and avoids moral actions; but the virtuous man enjoys his moral work; So enjoying the moral act is a sign of the character of the virtuous man. This view of Aristotle has had important implication in educating our emotions from the beginning of childhood, and it can be said that the basis of ethical knowledge is based on the interference in pleasure and pain in human life. This view of Aristotle has had important consequences of guiding our emotions since childhood. In his view, guiding and controlling pleasure and pain is important and strength to a moral character and moral life combined with pleasure.
