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Many argue that Jane Austen's novels exemplify a distinctly Aristotelian view of ethics. In An Aristotelian Approach to Jane Austen's Mansfield Park, I argue that Austen presents the development of Mansfield Park's protagonist, Fanny Price, as well as the other young people in the novel in terms of characteristically-Aristotelian understandings of virtue, character, and habituation. To demonstrate this, I draw primarily from Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics to analyze characters and events from Mansfield Park. For instance, I argue that Jane Austen's criticisms of marriage from wrong motives parallel Aristotle's own criticisms of friendships for utility and for pleasure. Interestingly, Mansfield Park both clarifies and lends support to Aristotle's ethical theory.
Aristotle, Habituation, Jane Austen, Mansfield Park, Moral education, Virtue
Date of Defense
March 30, 2015.
Submitted Note
A Dissertation submitted to the Department of Philosophy in partial fulfillment of the Doctor of Philosophy.
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references.
Advisory Committee
David McNaughton, Professor Directing Dissertation; Eric Walker, University Representative; John Roberts, Committee Member; J. Piers Rawling, Committee Member.
Publisher
Florida State University
Identifier
FSU_migr_etd-9344
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