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[filed under theme 23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 1. Virtue Theory / a. Nature of virtue
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Full Idea
The greatest virtues must be those most useful to others.
Gist of Idea
The best virtues are the most useful to others
Source
Aristotle (The Art of Rhetoric [c.350 BCE], 1366b02)
Book Ref
Aristotle: 'The Art of Rhetoric', ed/tr. Lawson-Tancred,H.C. [Penguin 1991], p.105
A Reaction
I wonder if this applies to the intellectual virtues, as well as to the social virtues? Is this virtue theory's answer to utilitarianism, or utilitarianism's answer to virtue theory? Personally I think good persons are prior to benefits.
The
53 ideas
with the same theme
[morality as aiming to produce good persons]:
23402
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The highest virtue is achieved without effort
[Laozi (Lao Tzu)]
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467
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A virtue is a combination of intelligence, strength and luck
[Ion]
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1663
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By 'areté' Socrates means just what we mean by moral virtue
[Vlastos on Socrates]
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13785
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'Arete' signifies lack of complexity and a free-flowing soul
[Plato]
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6015
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Plato, unusually, said that theoretical and practical wisdom are inseparable
[Plato, by Kraut]
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34
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The good for man is an activity of soul in accordance with virtue
[Aristotle]
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5137
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Many pleasures are relative to a person, but some love what is pleasant by nature, and virtue is like that
[Aristotle]
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4342
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Aristotle must hold that virtuous King Priam's life can be marred, but not ruined
[Hursthouse on Aristotle]
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4382
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Feelings are vital to virtue, but virtue requires choice, which feelings lack
[Kosman on Aristotle]
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54
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Actions are not virtuous because of their quality, but because of the way they are done
[Aristotle]
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58
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If virtues are not feelings or faculties, then they must be dispositions
[Aristotle]
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4373
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Virtue is the feeling of emotions that accord with one's perception of value
[Achtenberg on Aristotle]
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63
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Virtue is a purposive mean disposition, which follows a rational principle and prudent judgment
[Aristotle]
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5214
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Acts may be forgivable if particular facts (rather than principles) are unknown
[Aristotle]
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5215
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There are six categories of particular cirumstance affecting an action
[Aristotle]
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5216
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An act is involuntary if the particular facts (esp. circumstances and effect) are unknown
[Aristotle]
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55
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People who perform just acts unwillingly or ignorantly are still not just
[Aristotle]
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107
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A life of moral virtue brings human happiness, but not divine happiness
[Aristotle]
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5876
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Virtue is different from continence
[Aristotle]
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591
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Excellence is a sort of completion
[Aristotle]
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5111
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All moral virtue is concerned with bodily pleasure and pain
[Aristotle]
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5848
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All good things can be misused, except virtue
[Aristotle]
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5853
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The best virtues are the most useful to others
[Aristotle]
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2662
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Zeno saw virtue as a splendid state, not just a source of splendid action
[Zeno of Citium, by Cicero]
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5966
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All virtue is good, but not always praised (as in not lusting after someone ugly)
[Chrysippus]
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6895
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If humans are citizens of the world (not just a state) then virtue is all good human habits
[Stoic school, by Mautner]
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6012
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We must choose in which of the virtues we wish to excel
[Panaetius]
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5763
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The bad seek the good through desire, but the good through virtue, which is more natural
[Boethius]
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3925
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Personal Merit is the possession of useful or agreeable mental qualities
[Hume]
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3736
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Virtue lets a rational being make universal law, and share in the kingdom of ends
[Kant]
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21411
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A duty of virtue is a duty which is also an end
[Kant]
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21413
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Virtue is strong maxims for duty
[Kant]
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21414
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The supreme principle of virtue is to find universal laws for ends
[Kant]
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6194
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The highest worth for human beings lies in dispositions, not just actions
[Kant]
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6198
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Virtue is the supreme state of our pursuit of happiness, and so is supreme good
[Kant]
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4184
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Virtue must spring from an intuitive recognition that other people are essentially like us
[Schopenhauer]
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4555
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The great error is to think that happiness derives from virtue, which in turn derives from free will
[Nietzsche]
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23145
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Virtues are intended to correct design flaws in human beings
[Foot, by Driver]
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22402
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Most people think virtues can be displayed in bad actions
[Foot]
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22401
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Actions can be in accordance with virtue, but without actually being virtuous
[Foot]
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2169
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Greek moral progress came when 'virtue' was freed from social status
[Williams,B]
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8058
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Maybe we can only understand rules if we first understand the virtues
[MacIntyre]
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12040
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Virtue is a kind of understanding of moral value
[Annas]
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20196
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Virtue theory is hopeless if there is no core of agreed universal virtues
[Zagzebski]
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20200
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A virtue must always have a corresponding vice
[Zagzebski]
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20201
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Eight marks distingush skills from virtues
[Zagzebski, by PG]
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20203
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Virtues are deep acquired excellences of persons, which successfully attain desire ends
[Zagzebski]
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20207
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Every moral virtue requires a degree of intelligence
[Zagzebski]
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4359
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When it comes to bringing up children, most of us think that the virtues are the best bet
[Hursthouse]
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23144
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Virtue should be defined by consequences, not by states of mind
[Driver]
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23147
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Good intentions are not necessary for virtue
[Driver]
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23148
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Virtues are character traits or dispositions which produce good consequences for others
[Driver]
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23150
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Control of pregnancy and knowledge of paternity have downgraded chastity
[Driver]
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