Moral Education in Aristotle

In Aristotle's view, man is by nature a moral being. Humans are endowed with a spontaneous sense of ethical values and are naturally inclined to meet each other and live together in smaller or larger communities. They establish political societies governed by laws which are the expression of common moral intuitions. Nevertheless, the Greek Master is also persuaded that ethical education is indispensable.

Verbeke presents a broad view of Aristotelian moral education which integrates the arguments of many different treatises. He founds Aristotle's view of man and his education on physics and metaphysics. It is an essay on moral education in Aristotle which not only delineates the Aristotelian proposal but contrasts it with Platonic, Stoic, and modern views.