more on this theme | more from this thinker | more from this text
Full Idea
To show forth the Aristotelian claim that 'the decision rests with perception', we need - either side by side with a philosophical outline or inside it - literary texts which display the complexity, indeterminacy, and sheer difficulty of moral choice.
Gist of Idea
The Aristotelian idea that choices can be perceived needs literary texts to expound it
Source
Martha Nussbaum (The Golden Bowl, and Lit as Moral Philosophy [1983], II)
Book Ref
Nussbaum,Martha C.: 'Love's Knowledge' [OUP 1992], p.141
A Reaction
Berys Gaut observes that this depends on a particularist view of moral choice (usually seen as Aristotelian), with little interest in principles.