___________________________________________________________  Semra Tüfenkci Balıkesir Üniversitesi, İlahiyat Fakültesi, Felsefe ve Din Bilimleri Bölümü 10145, Balıkesir, Turkeysmrtfnkc@hotmail.com Beytulhikme An International Journal of Philosophy Beytulhikme Int J Phil 9 (4) 2019 Doi: 10.18491/beytulhikme.1505 Research Article: 989-1005 ___________________________________________________________ Bir Erdem Olarak Özsevgi: Aristoteles Merkezli Bir Okuma [*] ___________________________________________________________ Self-love as a Virtue: An Aristotle-Based Reading SEMRA TÜFENKCİ Balıkesir University Received: 12.07.2019Accepted: 06.12.2019 Abstract: One of the most important debates of moral philosophy is the place of emotions in morality. In this article, the object of love will be discussed in terms of the fact that it is the person who loves himself/herself, that is, the problem of self-love being a virtue. Self-love is often used in the same sense as selfishness, so its place in morality becomes problematic. Debates about self- love date back to Aristotle historically. Aristotle distinguishes between two types of self-love: The first is self-love, which is called selfishness in the study, which is owned by people who feel no moral concerns. The second is the true self-love of people who aim to lead a virtuous life. This distinction between two types of self-love reveals the difference between self-love and selfishness and includes altruistic, or selfless, actions within the scope of self-love. In this arti- cle, it is claimed that self-love is a virtue. Within the framework of this claim, it will be discussed whether it is possible to apply Aristotle's concept of “mean" to self-love, that is, to position self-love as the “mean" of selfishness and altru- ism. Keywords: Aristotle, virtue, self-love, selfishness, altruism.