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1. academic.oup.com · edited-volume · 41278The Virtuous Spiral: Aristotle’s Theory of Habituation

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   Habituation is not the emergence of innate virtue nor the transfer of virtue from what has it, to what doesn’t. Rather, habituation is self-transformation, the acquisition of a disposition—such as the disposition to act virtuously—by way of exercising that very disposition—acting virtuously.

2. www.jstor.org · stable · pdf"Ethos" and Habituation in Aristotle

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   This paper is concerned with Aristotle's theory of habituation, focusing on the following three issues: (1) the relation between habit and reason, (2) human nature and habituation, and (3) the roles of family and politics in habituation.

3. www.academia.edu · 8216441 · The_Aristotelian(PDF) The Aristotelian Concept of Habituation-A Psychological ...

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   Aristotle does not claim that habituation is the sole factor that determines the development of one‟s character/personality. He makes the weaker claim that habituation is stronger than genetic dispositions.

   • Author: Angelos Schoinas

4. digitalcommons.liberty.edu · cgi · viewcontentAristotle and Habituation

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   Aristotle’s ethical writings are based on this assumption. Aristotle says proper habituation (a good upbringing, to include a good education and a moral society) leads to virtue. However, what...

5. scholarship.claremont.edu · cgi · viewcontentThe Cognitive Implications of Aristotelian Habituation and ...

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   Habituation in the Aristotelian tradition claims that we develop our moral virtues through repeated and guided practice in moral actions. His theory provides important insights for moral education and as a result many contemporary philosophers have debated how to properly interpret his writing.

   • Author: David F McCaslin

   • Publish Year: 2016

6. academic.oup.com · edited-volume · 28232Aristotle on Becoming Good: Habituation, Reflection, and ...

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   This article discusses Aristotle's views on becoming good, focusing on habituation, reflection, and perception, and also examines virtues of character and virtues of thought, Socratic intellectualism, cleverness, the stages of ethical development, and mid-level goals.

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   What is Aristotle's theory of habituation?

   • Aristotle grants that we could not acquire virtue without the contributions that both nature and nurture make to our efforts, but his understanding of the fundamental mechanism of virtue acquisition falls on neither side of that divide. Habituation is not the emergence of innate virtue nor the transfer of virtue from what has it, to what doesn’t.

   The Virtuous Spiral: Aristotle’s Theory of Habituation

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   Does Aristotle say we acquire virtue by habituation?

   • Aristotle’s answer is: neither. We acquire virtue by habituation. Aristotle grants that we could not acquire virtue without the contributions that both nature and nurture make to our efforts, but his understanding of the fundamental mechanism of virtue acquisition falls on neither side of that divide.

   The Virtuous Spiral: Aristotle’s Theory of Habituation

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   What does Aristotle say about habituation of moral virtues?

   • According to Aristotle, this process of habituation of moral virtues is “concerned with pleasures and plains” and thus we must be brought up in such a way “so as both to delight in and to be pained by the things that we ought” (Aristotle 26).

   The Cognitive Implications of Aristotelian Habituation and Intrinsic Valu…

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   Why is it called habituation?

   • It can be called habituation because there is an element of repetition in it. As Aristotle says, we become just by performing just acts, courageous by performing courageous acts, and so on (II 1 1103a34–1103b2).

   Aristotle on Becoming Good: Habituation, Reflection, and Perception

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8. philarchive.org · rec · LOCHHA-2Habituation, Habit, and Character in Aristotle’s Ethics

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   First, the notion of character formation (to use the broadest possible term for the phenomenon of habituation) in Aristotle is significantly more complicated than the notion that through habituation one develops good habits which are what we mean by ethical virtue.