Criteria for moral responsibility in Aristotle

 


The criteria for moral responsibility in Aristotle are these:


The action must meet these criteria for it to be voluntary:

  1. 1.Up to us

  2. 2.Not by force or coercion

  3. 3.With knowledge of particulars


For full moral responsibility these should be added:


  1. 4.Deliberation

  2. 5.Decision


When we have our decision, we then wish for with deliberate desire.