@inbook{8cf271eaeca74d198b6ed5be9db36fa9,
title = "'Educating Desire in Aristotle'",
abstract = "In this chapter, I employ Aristotle to investigate the various ways in which a person{\textquoteright}s desires may be educated over time. I do so by considering how people may gradually shift from being vicious to virtuous. In particular, I sketch the shifts from (1) a contented vicious agent to (2) a discontented vicious agent to (3) an akratic or weak-willed agent to (4) an enkratic or strong-willed agent, and finally to (5) a fully virtuous agent. To make the transitions clear and the discussion accessible, I shall use some running examples, especially a smoker who eventually gives up. We shall see that crucial to charting the developmental processes are the agent{\textquoteright}s reason-based evaluations and desires, on the one hand, and her perception-based responses and desires, on the other.",
keywords = "Aristotle, enkrateia, akrasia, Vice, Virtue, reason, perception, education, desire",
author = "Pearson, \{Giles B\}",
year = "2020",
month = jul,
day = "24",
doi = "10.1007/978-3-030-47001-2\_13",
language = "English",
isbn = "978-3-030-47000-5",
series = "Positive Education ",
publisher = "Springer International Publishing AG",
pages = "183--200",
editor = "Magdalena Bosch",
booktitle = "Desire and Human Flourishing",
address = "Switzerland",
}