Pilgrims's Process » Reading http://www.pilgrimsprocess.net Life is both a destination to be reached and a person to become Fri, 18 Dec 2009 19:27:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 This chapter seems like a 51-page labor of futility http://www.pilgrimsprocess.net/2009/10/27/this-chapter-seems-like-a-51-page-labor-of-futility/ http://www.pilgrimsprocess.net/2009/10/27/this-chapter-seems-like-a-51-page-labor-of-futility/#comments Wed, 28 Oct 2009 04:42:17 +0000 Derek http://www.pilgrimsprocess.net/?p=99 The chapter I’m reading deals with a highly-nuanced view of akrasia in Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics.

Reading and outlining it takes a lot of effort (and about 20-25 min per page), and I’m not fully following the argument yet.

However, it’s like riding a stationary bike – it doesn’t go anywhere, but I’m getting really good exercise.

You know a book is going to be “good” when its Amazon.com listing looks like this.

Well, back to the hamster wheel…

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  • Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics Books I-V
  • G. H. von Wright, “On So-Called Practical Inference “
  • Robert Audi, Practical Reasoning and Ethical Decision Chapter 1
  • A. J. Kenny , “Practical Inference”
  • G. E. M. Anscombe “Practical Inference”

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