This dissertation provides an explication of fitting actions (kathêkonta) within the broader context of Stoic ethics and philosophy. Specifically, I address the Stoics' contentious definition of fitting actions; how fitting actions are justified in light of Stoic views on nature and fate; the structure of individual fitting actions (psychological and logical); the distinction between fitting and virtuous action; and, finally, what fitting action offers the aspiring but unvirtuous Stoic. The sum of these inquiries provides a unified account of the significance of fitting actions within Stoic philosophy, and is articulated vis-à-vis the contributions of modern scholarship.
Neufeld, Paul James,
"The Fitting and the Virtuous in Stoic Ethics"
(2008).
Philosophy Theses and Dissertations.
Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library.
https://doi.org/10.7301/Z01Z42QS
