Abstract

O presente artigo consiste num estudo dos capítulos finais do De Anima, nos quais Aristóteles aborda o problema moral. Nesse sentido, o artigo procura estabelecer as relações entre a reflexão aristotélica sobre a alma e os inevitáveis corolários éticos que dela derivam. Para tanto, explora a noção de movimento no âmbito da vida animal (mormente a humana), analisa o conceito de deliberação articulado com o ideal de silogismo prático e expõe os fundamentos da psicologia do acto moral, considerando sempre o problema da causa do agir. /// The present article offers a study of De Anima's final chapters, in which Aristotle deals with the moral problem. The article intends to establish a relationship between the Aristotelian reflection on the soul and its inevitable ethical corollary. The author explores not only the notion of movement in the sphere of the animal life (especially human), but also the conception of deliberation articulated with the practical syllogism. The article exposes, thus, the groundings for the psychology of the moral act, whereby the problem of the act's cause is especially taken into account.