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Ideas for Hermarchus, Oscar Wilde and Philippa Foot
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23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 1. Virtue Theory / a. Nature of virtue
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Most people think virtues can be displayed in bad actions [Foot]
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Virtues are intended to correct design flaws in human beings [Foot, by Driver]
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Actions can be in accordance with virtue, but without actually being virtuous [Foot]
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23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 1. Virtue Theory / b. Basis of virtue
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Virtues are corrective, to resist temptation or strengthen motivation [Foot]
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The essential thing is the 'needs' of plants and animals, and their operative parts [Foot]
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23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 1. Virtue Theory / d. Virtue theory critique
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Good and bad are a matter of actions, not of internal dispositions [Foot]
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23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 2. Elements of Virtue Theory / c. Motivation for virtue
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Virtues can have aims, but good states of affairs are not among them [Foot]
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23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 2. Elements of Virtue Theory / e. Character
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Someone is a good person because of their rational will, not their body or memory [Foot]
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People can act out of vanity without being vain, or even vain about this kind of thing [Foot]
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23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 2. Elements of Virtue Theory / j. Unity of virtue
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Maybe virtues conflict with each other, if some virtue needs a vice for its achievement [Foot]
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23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 3. Virtues / a. Virtues
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Some virtues imply rules, and others concern attachment [Foot]
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23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 3. Virtues / b. Temperance
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Temperance is not a virtue if it results from timidity or excessive puritanism [Foot]
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23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 3. Virtues / c. Justice
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The practice of justice may well need a recognition of human equality [Foot]
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Observing justice is necessary to humans, like hunting to wolves or dancing to bees [Foot]
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23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 3. Virtues / d. Courage
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Courage overcomes the fears which should be overcome, and doesn't overvalue personal safety [Foot]
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