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23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 1. Virtue Theory / a. Nature of virtue
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By 'areté' Socrates means just what we mean by moral virtue [Vlastos on Socrates]
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23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 2. Elements of Virtue Theory / c. Motivation for virtue
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I seek virtue, because it is its own reward [Seneca]
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23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 2. Elements of Virtue Theory / d. Teaching virtue
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Socrates is torn between intellectual virtue, which is united and teachable, and natural virtue, which isn't [PG on Socrates]
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Socrates agrees that virtue is teachable, but then denies that there are teachers [Socrates, by MacIntyre]
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23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 2. Elements of Virtue Theory / e. Character
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We should ask what sort of people we want to be [Socrates]
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23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 2. Elements of Virtue Theory / j. Unity of virtue
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Virtue is always moderate, so excess need not be feared [Seneca]
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Socrates believed that basically there is only one virtue, the power of right judgement [Socrates, by Williams,B]
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23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 3. Virtues / a. Virtues
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It is shameful to not even recognise your own slaves [Seneca]
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Socrates made the civic values of justice and friendship paramount [Socrates, by Grayling]
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23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 3. Virtues / d. Courage
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Courage is scientific knowledge [Socrates, by Aristotle]
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23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 4. External Goods / c. Wealth
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Why does your wife wear in her ears the income of a wealthy house? [Seneca]
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If wealth was a good, it would make men good [Seneca]
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There is far more scope for virtue if you are wealthy; poverty only allows endurance [Seneca]
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23. Ethics / F. Existentialism / 1. Existentialism
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Socrates emphasises that the knower is an existing individual, with existence his main task [Socrates, by Kierkegaard]
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