“For the Most Part” Generalizations and Practical Wisdom

IF 0.3 4区哲学 0 PHILOSOPHY

INTERNATIONAL PHILOSOPHICAL QUARTERLY Pub Date : 2020-01-01 DOI:10.5840/ipq2020602150

Shane D. Drefcinski

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Abstract

My objective in this paper is to contribute to our understanding of Aristotle’s science of ethics by defending two claims. (1) There is a way in which generalizations hold only for the most part that is unlike any of the types of generalizations in the natural sciences that hold only for the most part. These ethical generalizations depict ideals that, although grounded in and perfective of our human nature, are only rarely realized. (2) Aristotle’s account of practical wisdom provides all the resources we need for understanding how the person with practical wisdom can tell when the for the most part generalization in ethics is true and when it is not.

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“大多数情况下”的概括和实践智慧

我在本文中的目标是通过捍卫两个主张来促进我们对亚里士多德伦理科学的理解。(1)有一种方法可以使概括只适用于绝大部分，这与自然科学中任何一种类型的概括只适用于绝大部分不同。这些伦理概括所描绘的理想，虽然根植于人类的本性，并且是完美的，但却很少实现。(2)亚里士多德对实践智慧的描述提供了我们所需要的所有资源，帮助我们理解具有实践智慧的人如何判断伦理学中的大部分概括何时是正确的，何时是错误的。

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