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Single Idea 12515
[filed under theme 23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 1. Virtue Theory / b. Basis of virtue
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Full Idea
It is not thought strange that men everywhere should give the name of virtue to those actions which amongst them are judged praiseworthy.
Gist of Idea
Actions are virtuous if they are judged praiseworthy
Source
John Locke (Essay Conc Human Understanding (2nd Ed) [1694], 2.28.10)
Book Ref
Locke,John: 'Essay Concerning Human Understanding', ed/tr. Nidditch,P.H. [OUP 1979], p.353
A Reaction
Wrong. Being very successful in sport is considered praiseworthy, but not virtuous. We praise actions because they are virtuous, so the virtue cannot be constituted merely by the praise.
The
22 ideas
with the same theme
[foundation and justification for belief in virtues]:
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5149
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The two main parts of the soul give rise to two groups of virtues - intellectual, and moral
[Aristotle]
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5156
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How can good actions breed virtues, if you need to be virtuous to perform good actions?
[Aristotle]
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5157
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If a thing has excellence, this makes the thing good, and means it functions well
[Aristotle]
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5872
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Excellence is the best state of anything (like a cloak) which has an employment or function
[Aristotle]
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625
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Is excellence separate from things, or part of them, or both?
[Aristotle]
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14060
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Prudence is the greatest good, and more valuable than philosophy, because it produces virtue
[Epicurus]
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20855
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Chrysippus says virtue can be lost (though Cleanthes says it is too secure for that)
[Chrysippus, by Diog. Laertius]
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5970
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Chrysippus says nothing is blameworthy, as everything conforms with the best nature
[Chrysippus, by Plutarch]
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23181
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All acts of virtue relate to justice, which is directed towards the common good
[Aquinas]
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21871
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The more we strive for our own advantage, the more virtuous we are
[Spinoza]
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17210
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All virtue is founded on self-preservation
[Spinoza]
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17214
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To act virtuously is to act rationally
[Spinoza]
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12515
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Actions are virtuous if they are judged praiseworthy
[Locke]
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6232
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Every creature has a right and a wrong state which guide its actions, so there must be a natural end
[Shaftesbury]
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23672
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To be virtuous, we must care about duty
[Reid]
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8097
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Virtue is hard if we are scorned; we need support
[Joubert]
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14818
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First morality is force, then custom, then acceptance, then instinct, then a pleasure - and finally 'virtue'
[Nietzsche]
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21742
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Originally virtue was obedience, to gods, government, or custom
[Russell]
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22478
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The essential thing is the 'needs' of plants and animals, and their operative parts
[Foot]
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22398
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Virtues are corrective, to resist temptation or strengthen motivation
[Foot]
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5076
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To Greeks it seemed obvious that the virtue of anything is the perfection of its function
[Taylor,R]
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20195
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Eudaimonia first; virtue is a trait which promotes it; right acts are what virtues produce
[Hursthouse, by Zagzebski]
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