Question

According to Aristotle, man alone is a moral being, for while he shares the faculty of desire with lower animals possessed of a sensitive soul, his rational soul includes additional intellectual powers not found in lower animals. Without intellectual faculties, there can be no choice, and thus no morality. True or false?

Answer 1

Answer: True

Explanation: According to Aristotle, who posited that without intellectual faculties, there can be no choice and thus no morality. The statement is true as the intellectual faculty of a man centers around thought, perception, reason which enables an individual to piece together evidences, facts and related events in other to make rational decisions depending in the scenario or circumstances surrounding an Event. Thus, the intellectual faculty control rational decision making and hence, guide towards Moral choices.