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Ideas for 'Metaphysics', 'Enquiry concerning Principles of Morals' and 'Farewell to Reality: fairytale physics'

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23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 1. Virtue Theory / a. Nature of virtue
Excellence is a sort of completion [Aristotle]
Personal Merit is the possession of useful or agreeable mental qualities [Hume]
23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 1. Virtue Theory / b. Basis of virtue
Is excellence separate from things, or part of them, or both? [Aristotle]
23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 3. Virtues / c. Justice
If we all naturally had everything we could ever desire, the virtue of justice would be irrelevant [Hume]
Justice only exists to support society [Hume]
23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 3. Virtues / g. Contemplation
Contemplation is a supreme pleasure and excellence [Aristotle]