@article{Smolak_2020, title={Aristotle about the possibility to be unjust towards oneself}, volume={18}, url={https://diametros.uj.edu.pl/diametros/article/view/1629}, DOI={10.33392/diam.1629}, abstractNote={<p>The aim of this article is to clarify the sense of Aristotle's <em>aporia </em>“whether it is possible to treat oneself unjustly or not” and to argue that it is possible to treat oneself unjustly voluntarily. Two passages in <em>NE</em> V 9 are particularly noteworthy, namely  1136a31-1136b1 and 1136b13-25. In the first passage Aristotle proposes the hypothesis that the uncontrolled person (<em>acratic</em>) is capable to treat oneself unjustly voluntarily. In the second passage he gives two arguments – “from apparent loss” and “from wish” – which aim to prove that no one can treat oneself unjustly voluntarily. Both arguments do not invalidate hypothesis, nor exclude the possibility to be unjust towards oneself voluntarily.</p>}, number={67}, journal={Diametros}, author={Smolak, Maciej}, year={2020}, month={Nov.}, pages={71–92} }