Ideas of Myles F. Burnyeat, by Theme

[British, 1939 - 2019, Professor at Cambridge, at Robinson College, then fellow of All Soul's Oxford, then in America.]

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20. Action / C. Motives for Action / 3. Acting on Reason / b. Intellectualism

4377	Intellectualism is an excessive emphasis on reasoning in moral philosophy
	Full Idea: Intellectualism, a one-sided preoccupation with reason and reasoning, is a perennial failing in moral philosophy.
	From: Myles F. Burnyeat (Aristotle on Learning to be Good [1980], p.70)
	A reaction: But Kant's reply would be that while there is much more to moral behaviour, the only part which matters in morality is the reasoning part. And Socrates' view (ignorance is evil) is not obviously wrong.