Abstract:

One of the most important discussions in the moral philosophy is the place of emotions in the morality. In this article, the subject of love will be discussed in terms of being the loved one himself, that is, the problem of self-love is the virtue. Self-love is often used in the same sense as selfishness, so the place in morality becomes problematic. When discussions about self-love go historically to Aristotle. Aristotle distinguishes between two kinds of self-love: the first is the self-love that people who do not have a moral concern, and in this study it is called self-love. The second is the true self-love that people who aim to live a decent life have. This distinction between the two kinds of self-love, as it shows the difference between self-love and self-love, includes the scope of self-love as well as the scope of self-love. In this article it is claimed that self-love is a virtue. In the framework of this claim, it will also be discussed whether it is possible to apply Aristotle’s “medium” concept to self-love, i.e. to position self-love as the “medium” of selfishness and selfishness.