Full Idea
There are some things at which we actually ought to feel angry, and others that we actually ought to desire - health, for instance, and learning.
Gist of Idea
At times we ought to feel angry, and we ought to desire health and learning
Source
Aristotle (Nicomachean Ethics [c.334 BCE], 1111a29)
Book Reference
Aristotle: 'Ethics (Nicomachean)', ed/tr. ThomsonJ A K/TredennickH [Penguin 1976], p.115
A Reaction
This is obviously an important part of virtue theory. Other theories are inclined to take our feelings as a given, and then offer rules for controlling and directing them. Emphasis on character can involve re-educating bad desires.