On Relation between Habit and Morality in the Thoughts of Ibn Sina (Avicenna) and Felix Ravaisson

Year 2014, Issue: 29, 121 - 145, 10.12.2014

Muhammet Enes Kala

Abstract

The simple words, which have been used in daily life,
may seem totally different with aid of the philosophical point of view. In this
paper, we shall attempt to examine a word, the concept of habit we often use in
daily life and its relation with morality as a practical area in the thoughts
of Ibn Sina (Avicenna) and Ravaisson. Both of the thinkers, who were impressed
by Aristotle, have assigned the concept of habit a private place in their
understandings of morality. The paper, in one respect, shall take on a task to
examine the relation between morality and habit.

Keywords

Habit, morality, Aristotle, Avicenna (Ibn Sina), Ravaisson

İbn Sina ve Felix Ravaisson’da Alışkanlık ve Ahlâk İlişkisi Üzerine

Abstract

Günlük
yaşamda kullanılan basit sözcükler felsefi bakış açısıyla bambaşka görünebilir.
Bu çalışmada günlük yaşamda sıklıkla kullandığımız bir sözcük olan alışkanlık
kelimesinin pratik bir alan olan ahlâk ile ilişkisini, İbn Sina ve Ravaisson’un
düşünceleri üzerinden sorgulamaya çalışacağız. Aristoteles’ten çok ciddi
şekilde etkilenen her iki düşünür de kendi ahlâk düşüncelerinde alışkanlık
kavramına önemli bir yer tahsis etmiştir. Bu çalışma bir bakıma ahlâk ile
alışkanlığın arasında kurulan ilişkiyi sorgulama görevini üstlenecektir.  

Keywords

Alışkanlık, ahlâk, Aristoteles, İbn Sina, Ravaisson

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