Lack of self-control can be seen as a lapse of knowledge, akin to beingĪsleep, insane, or intoxicated. Lack of self-control is never a variety of Some would have it, in which a virtuous action looks unappealing up close and That said, lack of self-control is not some sort of last-minute prudence, as Changing your mind in the service of virtue is Possible to make a deliberate ethical choice and still have good reason toĬhange your mind at some point. Weigh competing ethical demands, and circumstances can change, so it is Lack of self-control is not the same as indecisiveness. Inconveniences people who are overly-fond of recreation may also escape the The nebbish lacks endurance, and folds under insignificant Self-control in the other, we would need endurance.) Quenching the pain of desire for pleasure. Some people are tempted by pleasure some by Self-control in the face of tempting pleasure is something like endurance in Some people are more continent, some people less so. Self-control comes in degrees it’s not an either you have it or you don’t Of intemperance: favoring the pleasure of self-righteousness or decisiveness Not it is, or ends up being, the right thing. Person, by contrast, makes a decision and sticks with the decision, whether or The person with self-controlĭecides to do the right thing and sticks with that determination. Self-control is also distinct from stubbornness. Self-control is not the same as intemperance, nor is it quite the same asīrutishness (a nearly-subhuman savagery). Saintliness (a nearly-divine, superhuman self-control). So self-control is not the same as temperance, nor is it quite the same as Self-control and its absence aren’t a virtue and viceīut are some other sort of thing (lack of self control isn’t a choice Intemperance are a virtue and a vice, because they are character traits formedįrom habitual choice. Intemperate person doesn’t choose wisely to begin with. This differs from temperance and intemperance, in that the temperate personĭoesn’t really suffer from strong temptations to begin with, and the Temptation, and you choose wisely but don’t follow through on the choice you Lack of self-control happens when you are unable to resist this Steer you in another direction and you resist temptation, doing the right Self-control is what you exhibit when, after you have deliberated on the rightĬourse of action and have chosen the right thing to do, temptation tries to We’re not quite finished with book seven of The NicomacheanĮthics yet, but Aristotle shifts topics here, and I thought I’d try toĭo a wrap-up of his ten - sometimes overlapping, and at least once just plainĬontradictory - sections on the subject of self-control.
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