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New publication by #Miras_e_maktub of an 8/14th C #Persian translation of a classic #ethics text from the 5/11th century 1/ 
Al-Dhari’a ila makarim al-shari’a of Raghib Isfahani (d. 502/1108) on #moralpsychology and #virtue_ethics from the #Aristotelian tradition remains rather neglected 2/
1. I used to work more actively in #moralpsychology. In particular, I thought that #Aristotle’s moral psychology was more sophisticated than a lot of contemporary models. Part of the reason was his view that emotions and beliefs can change one another.
2. I wrote about implications of this idea for #practicalethics here cmu.edu/dietrich/philo…. I still like this work. At some point, though, this work requires more than reflection on Aristotle, since it is based largely on empirical claims.
3. When I see a paper like this sciencedirect.com/science/articl… my initial reaction is something like “Aristotle was so far ahead of his time...l” then I think “I’m glad to see empirical support for this...” and then I think, “in isolation this is just confirmation bias and I need...
