Philosophy of Emotions

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Summary of Argument

The work to be reviewed here is a classic Aristotelian approach to moral theory . It holds that the typical , contemporary analytic methods are out of place in moral theory , since moral decisionmaking is far more complex than the interplay of words and propositions . In fact , moral theory should spend more time dealing with the psychological context of decision making . But even this is not deep enough : moral theory should deal with the social and cultural complex that creates a person 's basic moral

make up regardless of individual moral choices . In other words moral theory should deal with the complex of environment as it conditions previous choices in a person 's moral complex . Involuntary sins ' deals with this complex , rather than the bald and abstract analysis of actual moral choices

Moral choices are abstractions in that they are mere epi-phenomenon they are expression of a deeper reality , and as such , are not real they are manifestations of the moral complex of a person . Hence , sins that are involuntary ' that is , are not necessarily chosen , are still sins , because they are conditioned by previous choices and basic attitudes that are conditioned by these previous choices . Furthermore the environment that one lives in to a great extent is also the product of these choices , since , in a bad environment , if no changes or moves were made , then even the environment , in a very real way , can be said to be based on the choices...