Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'Lectures on Ethics', 'On Medical Experience' and 'The Ages of the World'

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3 ideas

23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 2. Elements of Virtue Theory / e. Character

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We don't choose our characters, yet we still claim credit for the actions our characters perform [Schelling]

23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 2. Elements of Virtue Theory / f. The Mean

7453	Galen's medicine followed the mean; each illness was balanced by opposite treatment [Galen, by Hacking]

25. Social Practice / F. Life Issues / 4. Suicide

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The maxim for suicide is committed to the value of life, and is thus contradictory [Kant]