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'Through the Looking Glass', 'Existentialism and Humanism' and 'The Laws'
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23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 2. Elements of Virtue Theory / c. Motivation for virtue
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Virtue is a concord of reason and emotion, with pleasure and pain trained to correct ends [Plato]
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A serious desire for moral excellence is very rare indeed [Plato]
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Every crime is the result of excessive self-love [Plato]
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The only worthwhile life is one devoted to physical and moral perfection [Plato]
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23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 2. Elements of Virtue Theory / d. Teaching virtue
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Virtue is the aim of all laws [Plato]
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23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 2. Elements of Virtue Theory / e. Character
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In becoming what we want to be we create what we think man ought to be [Sartre]
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23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 2. Elements of Virtue Theory / j. Unity of virtue
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The Guardians must aim to discover the common element in the four cardinal virtues [Plato]
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23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 3. Virtues / b. Temperance
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Excessive laughter and tears must be avoided [Plato]
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23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 3. Virtues / c. Justice
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Injustice is the mastery of the soul by bad feelings, even if they do not lead to harm [Plato]
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23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 3. Virtues / d. Courage
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Cowards are responsible for their cowardice [Sartre]
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23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 4. External Goods / c. Wealth
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The best people are produced where there is no excess of wealth or poverty [Plato]
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Virtue and great wealth are incompatible [Plato]
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23. Ethics / D. Deontological Ethics / 3. Universalisability
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When my personal freedom becomes involved, I must want freedom for everyone else [Sartre]
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23. Ethics / F. Existentialism / 1. Existentialism
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Existentialists says that cowards and heroes make themselves [Sartre]
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23. Ethics / F. Existentialism / 5. Existence-Essence
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Existence before essence (or begin with the subjective) [Sartre]
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'Existence precedes essence' means we have no pre-existing self, but create it through existence [Sartre, by Le Poidevin]
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23. Ethics / F. Existentialism / 6. Authentic Self
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Existentialism says man is whatever he makes of himself [Sartre]
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It is dishonest to offer passions as an excuse [Sartre]
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23. Ethics / F. Existentialism / 7. Existential Action
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When a man must choose between his mother and the Resistance, no theory can help [Sartre, by Fogelin]
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If I do not choose, that is still a choice [Sartre]
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