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1. Answer questions 1 and 3 in this video.
2 Describe three virtues you see in yourself
3. Give an example in your life to clarify these virtues.
We have learned how Aristotle’s Virtue Ethics defines the supreme good: an activity of the rational soul in accordance with virtue. Virtue —–for the Greeks is equivalent to excellence.
A virtuous person: someone who performs the distinctive activity of being human well.
· Having character
· Knowing yourself (Socrates’ reminder “Know Thyself, nothing in excess” @ Temple of Apollo’s door (my profile picture ;))
· Moderation
· Self-control
· Not about what should I do, but WHO should I be?
· Thinking of your life as a whole is the point of ethical reflection
· Reason and emotion closely allied