Aristotle's Ethics: Moral Development & Human Nature

Aristotle's Ethics: Moral Development & Human Nature

Chapter 5: The Developmental Preconditions of Self-Concordance

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In this chapter, May discusses the inner resources necessary for Self-Concordant activity. Self-Concordant activity is a sophisticated type of goal oriented activity. Accordingly, May turns to some of the research in goal attainment theory in order to better understand the inner resources necessary for the development of self-concordant activity.

Chapter has many online resources listed in the Notes. These resources are listed below.

NOTE 1: Executive Function
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_functions

NOTE 3: Brain Development
http://www.cerebromente.org.br/n17/mente/brain-development.htm

NOTE 8: Brain Briefings: The Adolescent Brain
http://www.sfn.org/index.aspx?pagename=brainBriefings_Adolescent_brain

NOTE 12: Csikszentmihalyi’s Flow
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flow_(psychology)

NOTE 19: ADHD & Play
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=19212514

NOTE 21: Self-Regulation
http://teachpsych.org/resources/e-books/faces/script/index.html
http://teachpsych.org/resources/e-books/faces/script/Ch10.htm

NOTE 23: Willlpower is a muscle
http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/dont-delay/200902/self-regulation-failure-part-2-willpower-is-muscle

http://iprocrastinate.libsyn.com/

NOTE 28: William James on Habit
Talks to Teachers
http://www.des.emory.edu/mfp/james.html#talks

The Laws of Habit
http://www.des.emory.edu/mfp/tt8.html

NOTE 35: The Discourses of Epictetus
http://classics.mit.edu/Epictetus/discourses.html

NOTE 36: Cicero: Tusculan Disputations
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/14988

NOTE 37: Chesley Sullenburger III
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chesley_Sullenberger

NOTE 53: Inertial Guidance System
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inertial_guidance