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Single Idea 20207
[filed under theme 23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 1. Virtue Theory / a. Nature of virtue
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Full Idea
Being reasonably intelligent within a certain area of life is part of having almost any moral virtue.
Gist of Idea
Every moral virtue requires a degree of intelligence
Source
Linda Trinkaus Zagzebski (Virtues of the Mind [1996], II 3.1)
Book Ref
Zagzebski,Linda: 'Virtues of the Mind' [CUP 1996], p.149
A Reaction
The fact that this bars persons of very limited intelligence from acquiring the Aristotelian virtues is one of the attractions of the Christian enjoinder to merely achieve 'love'. Anyone can have a warm heart. So is virtue elitist?
The
34 ideas
from Linda Trinkaus Zagzebski
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20186
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Unlike knowledge, wisdom cannot be misused
[Zagzebski]
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20187
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Epistemic perfection for reliabilism is a truth-producing machine
[Zagzebski]
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20188
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Modern epistemology is too atomistic, and neglects understanding
[Zagzebski]
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20191
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Some beliefs are fairly voluntary, and others are not at all so
[Zagzebski]
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20193
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Moral luck means our praise and blame may exceed our control or awareness
[Zagzebski]
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20194
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Intellectual virtues are forms of moral virtue
[Zagzebski]
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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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20199
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Nowadays we doubt the Greek view that the flourishing of individuals and communities are linked
[Zagzebski]
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20197
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The courage of an evil person is still a quality worth having
[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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20202
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Motives involve desires, but also how the desires connect to our aims
[Zagzebski]
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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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20205
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The feeling accompanying curiosity is neither pleasant nor painful
[Zagzebski]
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20206
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Intellectual and moral prejudice are the same vice (and there are other examples)
[Zagzebski]
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20208
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We can name at least thirteen intellectual vices
[Zagzebski]
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20209
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For the virtue of honesty you must be careful with the truth, and not just speak truly
[Zagzebski]
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20210
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A reliable process is no use without the virtues to make use of them
[Zagzebski]
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20213
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We need phronesis to coordinate our virtues
[Zagzebski]
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20214
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Virtue theory can have lots of rules, as long as they are grounded in virtues and in facts
[Zagzebski]
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20215
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A justified belief emulates the understanding and beliefs of an intellectually virtuous person
[Zagzebski]
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20216
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Modern moral theory concerns settling conflicts, rather than human fulfilment
[Zagzebski]
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20218
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The self is known as much by its knowledge as by its action
[Zagzebski]
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20217
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Truth is valuable, but someone knowing the truth is more valuable
[Zagzebski]
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20222
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Knowledge either aims at a quantity of truths, or a quality of understanding of truths
[Zagzebski]
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20220
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Objection by counterexample is weak, because it only reveals inaccuracies in one theory
[Zagzebski]
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20221
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Precision is only one of the virtues of a good definition
[Zagzebski]
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20223
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Epistemology is excessively atomic, by focusing on justification instead of understanding
[Zagzebski]
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20225
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For internalists Gettier situations are where internally it is fine, but there is an external mishap
[Zagzebski]
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20226
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Gettier problems are always possible if justification and truth are not closely linked
[Zagzebski]
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20228
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We avoid the Gettier problem if the support for the belief entails its truth
[Zagzebski]
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20227
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Gettier cases arise when good luck cancels out bad luck
[Zagzebski]
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19694
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Wisdom is the property of a person, not of their cognitive state
[Zagzebski, by Whitcomb]
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