PHI 208 Week 4 Aristotle Discussion 4.2, philosophy homework help

Aristotle

claims that virtuous action is done “with knowledge” (Bk II, chapter

4), which is usually taken to mean that the virtuous person has an

understanding of why what they are doing is good, as opposed to doing

the good thing but not really understanding what makes it good, or

simply doing the good thing out of custom or because that’s what one was

told to do. Is Aristotle right to put this condition on virtuous

behavior? Is there a difference between someone who does the right

thing with knowledge, and someone who does it out of custom or habit or

because that’s what they were told to do? Be sure to reference either

Hill or Robinson, as well as Aristotle, in addressing the prompt.